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A second aid worker held hostage by militant Islamist group Boko Haram was executed after the expiration of the negotiation deadline, according to the Nigerian government.
Hauwa Mohammed Liman, 24, was kidnapped by Boko Haram in March with two other aid workers during an assault on a military compound in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, according to CNN. She was working in a nearby hospital supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
It is unclear when Liman was killed, but the ICRC confirmed Tuesday that he had learned of his death, which the group described as "despicable act of cruelty".
"The news of Hauwa's death has broken our hearts," said Patricia Danzi, ICRC Director for the Africa Region, in a statement. "How could it be that two health care workers were killed one after the other? Nothing can justify that. "
In a tweet, Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari said his government "made everything possible"In an attempt to save Liman, adding:" It is tragic and regrettable that all our efforts were unsuccessful. "
Liman is the second aid worker to have been killed by Boko Haram recently. Saifura Hussaini Khorsa, another aid worker who was kidnapped in the same raid, was executed in September.
Liman, a midwife, was working in an isolated medical center in an IDP camp near the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. She was kidnapped during an attack that killed 11 people, including three aid workers, according to Reuters.
Alice Loksha, a third aid worker kidnapped during the raid, remains in captivity, alongside Leah Sharibu, a 15-year-old student who was abducted in another incident in February, according to the ICRC.
Read more: Other victims of Boko Haram
Founded in 2002, Boko Haram has been leading an Islamist guerrilla insurgency for nearly a decade in rural northern Nigeria. It has claimed thousands of lives and millions of internally displaced people. In 2014, the group abducted 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, resulting in the #BringBackOurGirls global advocacy campaign. Last year, 82 of the Chibok girls were released, but others continue to be victims of forced marriage and conversion to captive Islam in Boko Haram.
Despite the assistance of neighboring countries, the Nigerian government has struggled to contain the rebel group. In February, Boko Haram abducted another 110 girls from a school in Dapchi, Yobe State, Nigeria.
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