Nigeria Army capture leader of Islamist militant group, Ansaru

Monday, 4 April 2016

Nigeria Army capture leader of Islamist militant group, Ansaru


Nigeria's army said on Monday it had arrested the leader of Islamist militant group Ansaru, a splinter faction of Boko Haram that has been accused of kidnapping and killing Westerners.

According to pulseng, in 2012 the U.S. State Department named Ansaru leader Khalid al-Barnawi one of three Nigerian militants blacklisted for ties to Boko Haram and al-Qaeda's north African wing.

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