Satellite Images Show Vast Destruction Of Boko Haram Attack In Nigeria
(For a larger view of images one and two, click on the links.)
According to Amnesty, those pictures show that more than 3,100 structures were damaged or destroyed by fire, "affecting most of the 4 square kilometer town."
The Washington Post has a bit of background:
"In August, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau announced the establishment of his 'Islamic Caliphate,' quickly taking over every corner of Borno State in northeast Nigeria. But one town called Baga, populated by thousands of Nigerians along the western shores of Lake Chad, held out. Anchored by a multinational military base manned by troops from Niger to Chad, it was the last place in Borno under the national government's control. Over the weekend, that changed."
Boko Haram has been in the news lately, because the Islamic extremists took responsibility for the mass kidnapping of schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in Borno last April.
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