There have been many reports from Nigeria about this massacre. Here is a quote from Amnesty
International’s Nigeria Researcher Daniel Eyre
Reposted from Amnesty International Northern Ireland Facebook page
Nigeria: Boko Haram massacre in Baga
Following reports of the massacre of large numbers of civilians by the Boko Haram armed group in the town of Baga in Nigeria's Borno state earlier this week, Amnesty International’s Nigeria Researcher Daniel Eyre said:
“The attack on Baga and surrounding towns looks as if it could be Boko Haram’s deadliest act in a catalogue of increasingly heinous attacks carried out by the group.
If reports that the town was largely razed to the ground and that hundreds or even as many as two thousand civilians were killed are true, this marks a disturbing and bloody escalation of Boko Haram’s ongoing onslaught against the civilian population.”
Reposted from Amnesty International Northern Ireland Facebook page
Nigeria: Boko Haram massacre in Baga
Following reports of the massacre of large numbers of civilians by the Boko Haram armed group in the town of Baga in Nigeria's Borno state earlier this week, Amnesty International’s Nigeria Researcher Daniel Eyre said:
“The attack on Baga and surrounding towns looks as if it could be Boko Haram’s deadliest act in a catalogue of increasingly heinous attacks carried out by the group.
If reports that the town was largely razed to the ground and that hundreds or even as many as two thousand civilians were killed are true, this marks a disturbing and bloody escalation of Boko Haram’s ongoing onslaught against the civilian population.”
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Click here for Amnesty International USA post. (Jan 9, 2015)
Click here for Amnesty International USA "updated" post (Jan 14, 2015)
Click here for Amnesty International UK, "Boko Haram Baga attacks: satellite images reveal destruction," (Jan 15, 2015)
Click here for Amnesty International USA post. (Jan 9, 2015)
Click here for Amnesty International USA "updated" post (Jan 14, 2015)
Click here for Amnesty International UK, "Boko Haram Baga attacks: satellite images reveal destruction," (Jan 15, 2015)
- Also check out, "Boko Haram's Deadliest Massacre," The Guardian, Jan 10, 2015
- "How the Death of 17 Overshadowed the Slaughter of Thousands," Ryot, Jan 13, 2015
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