article_snippet: Kano, Nigeria (CNN)Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group already blamed for numerous horrific attacks in West Africa, posted a graphic video online Monday showing the apparent beheadings of two men who the group said were suspected spies.
article_snippet: A video posted by Boko Haram shows two men with their arms tied to their backs.
article_snippet: another man reaches toward the throat of one of the kneeling men, then A video posted by Boko Haram switches scenes to show what appear to be the bloody severed heads of the two men placed on the kneeling men headless bodies.
article_snippet: The apparent beheadings then follow on A video posted by Boko Haram.
article_snippet: A video posted by Boko Haram was posted by the media division of Boko Haram, SITE said.
article_snippet: Although this is the first purported beheading video Boko Haram posted online.‎
article_snippet: Unlike A video posted by Boko Haram, previous ones have shown the actual decapitations.
article_snippet: ‎In October 2014, Boko Haram handed out a 10-minute video showing the decapitation of a Nigerian military pilot
article_snippet: And in February 2010, Boko Haram released a 12-minute video in which two policemen were beheaded in an undisclosed location.
highlights_snippet: A video posted by Boko Haram shows the apparent beheading of two men .
  
highlights_snippet: A video posted by Boko Haram is similar in style and content to beheading videos posted by ISIS .
  