{"id":8017,"date":"2021-05-24T14:22:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T13:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=8017"},"modified":"2021-06-04T09:15:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T08:15:25","slug":"viral-video-depicting-nigerian-soldiers-killed-by-boko-haram-from-mali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/viral-video-depicting-nigerian-soldiers-killed-by-boko-haram-from-mali\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral video depicting Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram from MALI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CLAIM: A viral video showing bodies of dead soldiers has been passed round as Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram insurgents in a recent attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Viral video that purports to show bodies of Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram insurgents after an attack is FAKE. The soldiers in the video are not Nigerian soldiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

F<\/strong>ull Text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria\u2019s struggle against insurgency remains one of the major conflicts in the sub-region. Despite efforts by the military to contain the insurgents, attacks have continued, leading to the displacement of millions and the death of over 30,000<\/a> people in northern Nigeria, including security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent resurgence in the activities of Boko Haram and other Islamist terrorist groups has seen increased attacks targeted at Nigerian security forces. About 30 soldiers were killed in April in four attacks by Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria, a report<\/a> said. In the same month, the terrorists hit and overran a police station in Damasak, Borno. state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A video which has been forwarded many times on WhatsApp, as indicated by the messaging App, shows the lifeless bodies of soldiers mutilated by bullets. It was shared with the message \u201cboko haram killing Nigerian soldiers,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> suggesting the video to be a video of Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram insurgents in a recent attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 4:29 minute clip, the insurgents are seen walking around chanting \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d, as they carted away rifles, bulletproof vests, and ammunition, previously belonging to the dead soldiers. The quality of the video is poor and blurry, suggesting degradation from repeated sharing across different platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubawa also found the same video, albeit a shorter version, shared on Twitter by one Anderson Micar<\/a> with the caption: \u201cBoko Haram kill Nigeria Soldiers like chicken. I wonder what type of arms Nigeria military is using to fight them. Maybe stones and sticks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

V<\/strong>erification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA analyzed the video on VLC, a media player, using the sigma filter tool to sharpen the video since it was blurry and of poor quality, as well as the slow-speed tool, which aided in capturing the images in the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The slow-speed tool helped track images in the video e.g. The licence plate of this Malian army gun truck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sigma tool helpen sharpen the images in the video, e.g. The license plate of the Army gun truck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201c010676 AMA\u201d: Another Army truck spotted in the video<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With the use of both tools, which improved the quality and visibility of the images in the video, DUBAWA observed that the license plates of some of the military trucks in the video bore the national colours of Mali – green, yellow and red. This suggests that the trucks and of course, the dead soldiers, are of the Malian Army. The license plates of two  trucks spotted in the viral video reads: 010680 AMA and 010676 AMA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The National Flag of Mali is branded on the license plates of the trucks in the video. Photo credit: Wikipedia<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA conducted a Yandex reverse image<\/a> search using a snapshot of one of the trucks in the video, and found Malian Army trucks bearing deep similarities (license plate, camouflage colour scheme) with the ones in the video, including some from the events of the 2020 Malian Army coup<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A keyword search also confirmed that the trucks in the video are indeed of the Malian Army [FAMA – Forces Arm\u00e9es Maliennes].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Malian Army gun trucks with license plates similar to the ones in the viral video. Photo Credit: Google<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nigerian Army gun truck spotting a different camouflage paint scheme. Photo Credit: Google<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA discovered that Nigerian soldiers, as well as the Nigerian Army trucks use a unique camouflage scheme which differentiates it from the Malian Army and other Armies in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fact-checker also found that the group that attacked and killed the soldiers in the video could not have been Boko Haram insurgents, as they do not operate in Mali. The attackers in the video are most likely members of Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM<\/strong>), Islamic State Greater Sahara (ISGS) or any other terrorist groups active in the francophone country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“NA088 B03”: This picture shows what a Nigerian Army license plate looks like. (NA – Nigerian Army).  Photo credit: Google<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A viral video purporting to show \u201cboko haram killing Nigerian soldiers\u201d <\/em><\/strong>is FALSE. The soldiers in the video are not Nigerian soldiers and the incident did not happen in Nigeria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video was taken from an attack on Malian soldiers by insurgents in Mali, not Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CLAIM: A viral video showing bodies of dead soldiers has been passed round as Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram insurgents in a recent attack. Viral video that purports to show bodies of Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram insurgents after an attack is FAKE. The soldiers in the video are not Nigerian soldiers. Full Text Nigeria\u2019s struggle against insurgency remains one of the major conflicts in the sub-region. Despite efforts by the military to contain the insurgents, attacks have continued, leading to the displacement of millions and the death of over 30,000 people in northern Nigeria, including security forces. A recent resurgence in the activities of Boko Haram and other Islamist terrorist groups has seen increased attacks targeted at Nigerian security forces. About 30 soldiers were killed in April in four attacks by Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria, a report said. In the same month, the terrorists hit and overran a police station in Damasak, Borno. state. A video which has been forwarded many times on WhatsApp, as indicated by the messaging App, shows the lifeless bodies of soldiers mutilated by bullets. It was shared with the message \u201cboko haram killing Nigerian soldiers,\u201d suggesting the video to be a video of Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram insurgents in a recent attack. In the 4:29 minute clip, the insurgents are seen walking around chanting \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d, as they carted away rifles, bulletproof vests, and ammunition, previously belonging to the dead soldiers. The quality of the video is poor and blurry, suggesting degradation from repeated sharing across different platforms. Dubawa also found the same video, albeit a shorter version, shared on Twitter by one Anderson Micar with the caption: \u201cBoko Haram kill Nigeria Soldiers like chicken. I wonder what type of arms Nigeria military is using to fight them. Maybe stones and sticks.\u201d Verification DUBAWA analyzed the video on VLC, a media player, using the sigma filter tool to sharpen the video since it was blurry and of poor quality, as well as the slow-speed tool, which aided in capturing the images in the video. With the use of both tools, which improved the quality and visibility of the images in the video, DUBAWA observed that the license plates of some of the military trucks in the video bore the national colours of Mali – green, yellow and red. This suggests that the trucks and of course, the dead soldiers, are of the Malian Army. The license plates of two  trucks spotted in the viral video reads: 010680 AMA and 010676 AMA. DUBAWA conducted a Yandex reverse image search using a snapshot of one of the trucks in the video, and found Malian Army trucks bearing deep similarities (license plate, camouflage colour scheme) with the ones in the video, including some from the events of the 2020 Malian Army coup. A keyword search also confirmed that the trucks in the video are indeed of the Malian Army [FAMA – Forces Arm\u00e9es Maliennes]. DUBAWA discovered that Nigerian soldiers, as well as the Nigerian Army trucks use a unique camouflage scheme which differentiates it from the Malian Army and other Armies in Africa. This fact-checker also found that the group that attacked and killed the soldiers in the video could not have been Boko Haram insurgents, as they do not operate in Mali. The attackers in the video are most likely members of Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), Islamic State Greater Sahara (ISGS) or any other terrorist groups active in the francophone country. Conclusion A viral video purporting to show \u201cboko haram killing Nigerian soldiers\u201d is FALSE. The soldiers in the video are not Nigerian soldiers and the incident did not happen in Nigeria.  The video was taken from an attack on Malian soldiers by insurgents in Mali, not Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,123,119],"tags":[76,115,347],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[1806],"class_list":["post-8017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-mainstream","category-security","tag-boko-haram","tag-fact-check","tag-featured"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-25j","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":1806,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"uchenna-igwe","display_name":"Uchenna Igwe","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/079ff448805edb1ac4ef8dac55e7fa0070f87220d97339815b63a4b39aa74ce9?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8017"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=8017"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=8017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}