Images show Boko Haram's massive destruction in Baga, Nigeria
- 9 years ago
Satellite images released by Amnesty International show the scale of what it says is Boko Haram’s biggest and most destructive assault yet.
The human rights group says the images provide “indisputable and shocking evidence” of the scale of last week’s attack on the towns of Baga and Doron Baga by the militants.
Boko Haram has ransacked northern Nigeria for the past few years: raiding villages, kidnapping children and seizing territory.
#BokoHaram ‘creating an Islamic caliphate’ in northeast #Nigeria… http://t.co/OmahB2u9Lq #mapping #Baga pic.twitter.com/f73xHwh1Hf— Jeff Harrison (@JeffHarrison) January 13, 2015
“These detailed images show devastation of catastrophic proportions in two towns, one of which was almost wiped off the map in the space of four days,” said Amnesty.
“Of all Boko Haram assaults analysed by Amnesty International, this is the largest and most destructive yet. It represents a deliberate attack on civilians whose homes, clinics and schools are now burnt
The human rights group says the images provide “indisputable and shocking evidence” of the scale of last week’s attack on the towns of Baga and Doron Baga by the militants.
Boko Haram has ransacked northern Nigeria for the past few years: raiding villages, kidnapping children and seizing territory.
#BokoHaram ‘creating an Islamic caliphate’ in northeast #Nigeria… http://t.co/OmahB2u9Lq #mapping #Baga pic.twitter.com/f73xHwh1Hf— Jeff Harrison (@JeffHarrison) January 13, 2015
“These detailed images show devastation of catastrophic proportions in two towns, one of which was almost wiped off the map in the space of four days,” said Amnesty.
“Of all Boko Haram assaults analysed by Amnesty International, this is the largest and most destructive yet. It represents a deliberate attack on civilians whose homes, clinics and schools are now burnt