‘boko Haram In Zimbabwe En Route South Africa’

Nigeria's jihadist group, Boko Haram, is in
Zimbabwe and could soon reach South Africa,
reports the UK-based news outlet ZimEye, citing
Zimbabwe's national intelligence agency.
According to the Zimbabwean news website, the
Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) issued an
intelligence report, warning that the Islamist militant
group is in Zimbabwe en route to neighbouring
South Africa.
ZimEye added that the South African intelligence
service has alerted police officers in Zimbabwe's
Matebeleland region about Boko Haram's intentions
to infiltrate South Africa.
Other Zimbabwean media outlets have picked up the
story. One outlet, Harare24, claims, "Officers were
yesterday called for duty at around 9pm and are
now temporarily stationed at selected police
stations where they camp."
iHarare reports that police spokespersons have not
responded to a request for clarification on the
original ZimEye report, and official statements from
the government of Zimbabwe regarding Boko
Haram's potential presence in Zimbabwe do not
appear to exist.
The Matebeleland region borders South Africa,
where the jihadist group may seek to "carry out
revenge attacks for the ill-treatment of several
Nigerian nationals in the ongoing xenophobic
attacks" that have left seven people dead and
displaced thousands more from their homes, notes
the news website.
Boko Haram released propaganda this month
threatening to kill South Africans in retribution for
the wave of xenophobic violence affecting Nigerians
and others in that nation, though it was believed that
Boko Haram members would find and kill South
Africans in the areas where they operate: Northeast
Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon.
Boko Haram reportedly released a video nearly two
weeks ago urging South Africa to end the
xenophobic attacks taking place within its borders.
Zimbabwe's online news outlet iHarare reports that
in the video, which has not yet been verified as
authentic, Boko Haram warned that it would execute
all South Africans in Nigeria, Chad, Niger, and other
surrounding countries if the government of South
Africa failed to contain the situation.
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