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REVEALED | Photos of Boko Haram ‘rocket-making factory’ in Nigeria

The BBC has received pictures of what looks like a rocket-making factory belonging to Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

The pictures – sent to the Whatsapp account of the BBC Hausa Service – show a number of newly made rockets in what is believed to be a laboratory at a college in north-eastern Borno state, the birthplace of the group.

An inscription on one of machineries shows the abbreviation of the Government Technical College in Bama, a town previously held by the militants before they were dislodged by the army.

The equipment appeared to have been donated to the college by the Educational Trust Fund in 2005 – a special fund set up by the government to help tertiary institutions.

It is not, however, clear when the pictures were taken, or whether the equipment has been moved.

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The question of where Boko Haram gets much of its weapons has been a subject of intense debate.

The group has been known to use rocket propel grenades in the past.

This is worrying for Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, who has given the military a deadline of mid-November to defeat Boko Haram.

The group has lost most of its territory this year but increased suicide attacks and bombings since Mr Buhari came to office in May.

 

 

Source: BBC

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