“The man was accused of killing five people the way Boko Haram does, cutting their throat with a knife,” Emmanuel Braun, Reuters photographer said.
“I was covering the Chad army offensive inside Nigeria against the insurgent group Boko Haram when I shot this picture. It shows a prisoner, believed to belong to Boko Haram, caught during the ride we had with the Chadian troops on the battle field.”
“Most Boko Haram fighters had left but a few isolated ones were caught that day. A Chadian soldier told me: “Come and see this guy, he killed five men by cutting their throat and he’s not even denying it.”
The man was accused of killing five people the way Boko Haram does, cutting their throat with a knife. That is why one of the soldiers gave him a nickname ‘The Butcher’. He was abruptly materializing all the horror and fear of Boko Haram.
The soldiers brutally dragged the prisoner to show him to the press.
The problem with this picture was being fast enough to shoot it before the other journalists showed up and made it impossible.
“I think it is a strong picture because of the brutality which emanates from the scene. The soldier presents the prisoner like you do with an animal at a fair,” photographer added.
It should be noted that Chad’s president Idriss Deby, yesterday March 4th, said that his army forces know where Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau is hiding telling him to surrender which will be in his best interest.
Nigerian military has already cleared from insurgents Baga, Bara, Gulani local government area of neighboring Yobe state.
But today, March 5th, Boko Haram fighters attacked Gwoza and other communities in Borno state. At least 68 locals were reportedly killed in the strikes.
