Islamic terrorists Boko Haram massacre civilians while describing them as infidels in horrific video

  • Footage shows terrorists shooting civilians laying face down on floor 
  • There are so many corpses the gunmen have difficulty stepping over them
  • Thousands of people have been killed in the five-year insurgency

A new video from Nigeria's home-grown Boko Haram extremists shows gunmen mowing down civilians lying face down in a dormitory, and a leader saying they are being killed because they are 'infidels' or non-believers.

There are so many corpses the gunmen have difficulty stepping to reach bodies still twitching with life. Most appear to be adult men.

'We have made sure the floor of this hall is turned red with blood, and this is how it is going to be in all future attacks and arrests of infidels,' the group leader says in a message.

'From now, killing, slaughtering, destruction and bombing will be our religious duty anywhere we invade.'

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Massacre: A new video from Nigeria's Boko Haram extremists shows gunmen mowing down civilians lying face down in a dormitory. This still shows a man walking among the men and shooting survivors

Brutal: The video released to journalists late Saturday comes two days after fleeing villagers reported that the extremists are rounding up elderly people and killing them in two schools in Gwoza, in northeast Nigeria

Brutal: The video released to journalists late Saturday comes two days after fleeing villagers reported that the extremists are rounding up elderly people and killing them in two schools in Gwoza, in northeast Nigeria

Helpless: A militant takes aim at a prone victim in the shocking footage. Boko Haram means 'Western education is forbidden'

Helpless: A militant takes aim at a prone victim in the shocking footage. Boko Haram means 'Western education is forbidden'

The setting of the latest video appears to be a school, a long dormitory furnished with bunk beds which the leader says is in Bama, a town 40 miles north of Gwoza

The setting of the latest video appears to be a school, a long dormitory furnished with bunk beds which the leader says is in Bama, a town 40 miles north of Gwoza

Impending horror: The start of the video shows the Islamists enter the building where the men lie

Impending horror: The start of the video shows the Islamists enter the building where the men lie

A man in the video addresses the camera, saying: 'We have made sure the floor of this hall is turned red with blood, and this is how it is going to be in all future attacks and arrests of infidels'

A man in the video addresses the camera, saying: 'We have made sure the floor of this hall is turned red with blood, and this is how it is going to be in all future attacks and arrests of infidels'

Lies: Previously, the militants had told residents of villages and towns that they would kill only enemies and wanted people to live peacefully in the area they have dubbed an Islamic caliphate

Lies: Previously, the militants had told residents of villages and towns that they would kill only enemies and wanted people to live peacefully in the area they have dubbed an Islamic caliphate

The video released to journalists late Saturday comes two days after fleeing villagers reported that the extremists are rounding up elderly people and killing them in two schools in Gwoza, in northeast Nigeria.

The setting of the latest video appears to be a school, a long dormitory furnished with bunk beds which the leader says is in Bama, a town 40 miles north of Gwoza.

Students and schools are frequently targeted by Boko Haram, which means 'Western education is sinful' in the Hausa language.

Previously, the militants had told residents of villages and towns that they would kill only enemies and wanted people to live peacefully in the area they have dubbed an Islamic caliphate - a large swathe along Nigeria's northeastern border with Cameroon that they have controlled for more than three months.

In the video, the leader notes that the prophet Mohammed advised prisoners should be held, not killed, but says 'we felt this is not the right time for us to keep prisoners; that is why we will continue to see that the grounds are crimsoned with the flowing blood of prisoners.' 

Growing threat: Pictured is the terrorist network's leader Abubakar Shekau in a video from May. Their operations are spilling across borders into Cameroon, Chad and Niger

Growing threat: Pictured is the terrorist network's leader Abubakar Shekau in a video from May. Their operations are spilling across borders into Cameroon, Chad and Niger

Security forces view the scene of a bomb explosion at St. Theresa Catholic Church at Madalla, Suleja, just outside Nigeria's capital Abuja, on Christmas Day in 2011. Thoussands have died in the five-year insurgency

Security forces view the scene of a bomb explosion at St. Theresa Catholic Church at Madalla, Suleja, just outside Nigeria's capital Abuja, on Christmas Day in 2011. Thoussands have died in the five-year insurgency

He says some of those killed may call themselves Muslims, but are considered infidels by Boko Haram, a Sunni Jihadi group that imposes strict Shariah law. 

The release of this latest video comes just days after Boko Haram was reported to have kidnapped 185 women and children, after slaughtering 32 people in an attack on Gumsuri, a remote village in northeast Nigeria.

We felt this is not the right time for us to keep prisoners; that is why we will continue to see that the grounds are crimsoned with the flowing blood of prisoners.
Boko Haram group leader 

Gumsuri is located on the road that leads to Chibok, where Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls from a school in April. 

Thousands of people have been killed in the five-year Islamic uprising that has driven some 1.3 million people from their homes, with tens of thousands fleeing across borders into Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

Boko Haram has seized a string of towns and villages and in August declared an Islamic caliphate along Nigeria's border with Cameroon.

In recent weeks, Special Forces have been deployed and have recaptured at least four towns with help from air raids, traditional hunters and vigilantes.

Attacks similar to Sunday's violence in Gumsuri have escalated over the last 18 months, with the insurgents taking control of more than two dozen towns and villages in the region.

Kidnappings have also increased, part of a campaign by Boko Haram to boost its supply of child fighters, porters and young women who have reportedly been used as sex slaves.

Kidnapped: Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls, pictured, from a Nigerian school in April

Kidnapped: Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls, pictured, from a Nigerian school in April

In a video released last month, Boko Haram claimed that more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls had been married off to militants. Above, a video released by the terror group earlier this year shows some of the girls

In a video released last month, Boko Haram claimed that more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls had been married off to militants. Above, a video released by the terror group earlier this year shows some of the girls

The military has offered repeated assurances that the uprising will soon be contained, but so far there have been few signs of progress. 

The effectiveness of the Nigerian military's response has also been undermined by a number of videos released by the terror group in recent months that purport  to show a Boko Haram leader who the military claimed was killed last year. 

In one of them, released last November, a man claiming to be Shekau, said that over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram had been married off to militants. 

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