Boko Haram beheads 11 of its own members - witnesses

Boko Haram beheaded 11 of its own fighters in north-eastern Nigeria today, said an official representing witnesses to the killings.

The 11 were executed because they had left a Boko Haram camp in Sambisa Forest and wanted to surrender to the government, said Mahmud Babagana from the National Union of Road Transport Workers, members of which were witnesses to the murders.

"The truth is that many of these guys are tired of killing and are beginning to repent. But [Boko Haram] won't let them do that," he added.

The killings took place in Miringa village in Borno state.

Meanwhile, two female suicide bombers on Thursday killed 11 people on a roadside in Borno state, followed by the killings of about 150 people in Borno villages earlier in the week.