Dozens of Nigerian women who were forced to marry Boko Haram
fighters were reportedly slaughtered by their “husbands” before a battle with
troops in the northeast town of Bama, multiple witnesses said Thursday.
Five witnesses who recounted the massacres to AFP said the
Islamist militants feared they would be killed by advancing soldiers or
separated from their wives when they fled the town.
They killed the women to prevent them from subsequently
marrying soldiers or other so-called non-believers, they added.
