This is footage of Boko Haram administering its own style of justice, amputating the hands of two individuals whom they accused of theft.
Here’s the transcript:
Takbir (Allahu Akbar) and recitation of Sura 5:38
[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent [punishment] from Allah . And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
The narrator tells those assembled that:
“as you can see, this person before you is one of those that stole.
Crowd chants ‘Allahu Akbar’
“This one too,” the MC said in reference to another thief, “had stolen N600,000.” (US$3,000-$3,500)
Crowd chants ‘Allahu Akbar’
“Afterwards, he brought N20,000. Upon investigation, when his house was searched, the sum of N500,000 was found…”