Gruesome footage has emerged of what appears to show Nigerian soldiers slitting the throats of insurgents and dumping their bodies in a mass grave.
In one horrific video, a Boko Haram suspect is pulled from a truck and held down while a man in military uniform slices his neck open with a combat knife, hurling his body into a pit.
The scene is repeated with another suspect on the same bloodied patch at the edge of the grave.
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A Boko Haram suspect is ordered to kneel down by the side of a grave while a man in a military outfit watches over him with a large combat knife
Two men hold a detainee down next to a pit containing dead bodies seconds before he appears to have his throat cut
The gruesome video, obtained by Amnesty International, also shows bodies piled up in a mass grave. Nigerian Defence says it is investigating the footage
Detainees are kept to one side while graves are dug before the pit is shown half-full of bloodied bodies.
The video also shows images of men being pulled off the back of trucks and beaten by soldiers and allied civilian militias.
The video, which was obtained by Amnesty International, has yet to be independently verified but the organisation insist it came from 'numerous sources' in Borno state, the militant group's birthplace and stronghold.
The footage reveals 'graphic evidence of multiple war crimes being carried out in Nigeria,' according to Amnesty, which says it has independent confirmation from several military sources that the armed captors 'were indeed military personnel.'
Nigeria's military is battling an increasingly vicious Islamist insurgency by Boko Haram, which wants to carve an Islamic state out of religiously mixed Nigeria.
In another horrific scene, a man is held down by the feet and shoulders next to the grave before he is brutally executed with a combat knife. Amnesty International says the video shows 'graphic evidence of multiple war crimes' being carried out in Nigeria
The video also shows a man's body being hurled into the mass grave while men in military outfits watch on. Nigerian Defence has said it 'take these grave allegations very seriously'
Detainees are kept to one side while graves are dug before the pit is shown half-full of bloodied bodies
But its forces have come under fire for human rights abuses, including torture and killings they usually deny.
Amnesty said the killings occurred shortly after Boko Haram's attack on a detention centre in Giwa Barracks, in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, on March 14.
Nigerian Defence spokesman Major-General Chris Olukolade, said: ‘The military authorities view these grave allegations very seriously.
‘Much as the scenes depicted in this video are alien to our operations and doctrines, it has to be investigated to ensure that such practices have not crept, surreptitiously, into the system.’
He added that such behaviour would be counter to the training Nigerian troops are given.
‘That level of barbarism and impunity has no place in the Nigerian military. Respect for the sanctity of life is always boldly emphasized in our doctrinal training,’ he said.
The footage comes a week after Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video of his fighters beheading a Nigerian soldier.
The video also shows images of men being pulled off the back of trucks and beaten by soldiers and allied civilian militias
Amnesty International's video shows detainees being beaten by alleged members of the Civilian Joint Task Force next to Nigerian military in Borno State, Nigeria
Amnesty's report also shows the aftermath of a Boko Haram attack on a village that the rights group said had killed 100 people.
Amnesty said 4,000 people had been killed in the conflict this year.
A military operation since May last year has aimed to crush the rebels. But they have proved resilient and have hit back in attacks that have left hundreds dead, including civilians.
Amnesty International's secretary general Salil Shetty said: ‘This shocking new evidence is further proof of the appalling crimes being committed with abandon by all sides in the conflict ... what does it say when members of the military carry out such unspeakable acts and capture the images on film?
‘Numerous testimonies we have gathered suggest that extrajudicial executions are, in fact, regularly carried out by the Nigerian military
If i had the power to Drop the Atomic bomb on this place i would even that would be more humain than what BoKo haram did
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