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Islamist group Boko Haram on Friday beheaded 11 of its own fighters in north-eastern Nigeria, 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.