{The Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram expressed support for the attackers who killed 12 people at the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in a new video.
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\u201cWe are very happy with what happened at the heart of France,\u201d Boko Haram\u2019s leader Abubakar Shekau said in an eight-minute video posted on YouTube that couldn\u2019t immediately be verified. \u201cOh you French people, oh you who follow the religion of democracy, between you and us is enmity to eternity,\u201d said the man, speaking in Arabic and holding an AK-47 assault rifle. <\/p>\n
Three gunmen stormed the offices of weekly Charlie Hebdo in eastern Paris on Jan. 7. Millions of people in France and across the world marched in rallies in the past week to show solidarity with the victims and defend freedom of expression. <\/p>\n
Nigeria\u2019s military has repeatedly claimed to have killed Shekau, and in October the authorities said they had agreed a cease-fire with the group. Since then, violence in the mainly Muslim north has continued unabated. <\/p>\n
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was \u201cappalled\u201d at attacks last week in the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga near the border with Chad. Reports that as many as 2,000 people died in the assaults on Baga are unfounded, Nigeria\u2019s military said, with initial evidence showing the death toll didn\u2019t exceed 150.<\/p>\n
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