Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader: ‘God commanded’ killings are ‘the tip of the iceberg’

The leader of Nigeria’s radical Islamic terror group, Boko Haram, released a new video on Tuesday that said a recent attack that killed roughly 2,000 people is just the “tip of the iceberg” in terms of what “God” has commanded him to do.

Abubakar Shekau’s assault in Baga in northeastern Syria prompted roughly 7,500 people to flee the area, in addition to the thousands who were killed.

“We are the ones who fought the people of Baga, and we have killed them with such a killing as he [God] commanded us in his book,” said the terror leader, The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. “This is just the beginning of the killings. What you’ve just witnessed is a tip of the iceberg. More deaths are coming,” he added.

Last year, Shekau added to his infamy by kidnapping 276 schoolgirls, many of whom were sold as sex slaves.

“The increase in strength of Boko Haram reflects our slowness and our inability to put up a robust response,” Nigerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum said last week, the Los Angeles Times reported.