‘Boko Haram In Zimbabwe En Route South Africa’

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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.”



Harare 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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