[Al Ahram] Nigeria's army said Monday that the leader of Islamist Death Eater group Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
, Abubakar Shekau, may have died following a gunshot wound from a clash with soldiers.
Intelligence reports "available to the (military) revealed that Abubakar Shekau, the most dreaded and wanted Boko Haram forces of Evil leader, may have died," a statement said.
"It is greatly believed that Shekau might have died between 25 July to 3 August 2013."
According to the statement, Shekau, declared a "global terrorist" by the US government, was shot on June 30 during a clash with troops at a Boko Haram camp in the Sambisa forest in northeastern Nigeria.It said he was then clandestinely taken over the border into Cameroon for treatment. The army statement was contradictory, first saying that Shekau "may have died" while at other points implying that he was indeed dead.
Shekau has been considered the leader of the main Islamist Death Eater faction of Boko Haram. The group's insurgency has left at least 3,600 people dead since 2009, including killings by the security forces.