Hundreds of people have been
found dead in the northeast Nigerian town of Damasak, apparently victims
of the Boko Haram insurgency, as details emerged on Monday of fresh
attacks by the militants.Damasak local government spokesman Babagana Mustapha told CNN
We found hundreds of dead bodies in shallow graves and on the streets of Damasak during our visit," .Those bodies in shallow graves have badly
decomposed while those found on the streets were desiccated from
[exposure to] dry winds,".
Abubakar Kyari, a senator-elect
for the region said
The
victims included men, women and children murdered by Boko Haram when
they seized the area in November, The staggering number
of dead bodies found in Damasak is a testimony of the large-scale
atrocity Boko Haram committed when they were in control of the town"
We collected over 400 corpses from the streets and in shallow graves during our visit in Damasak," said Idris Karimbe, one of the volunteers who took part in the burial.
"The number of bodies we recovered this time around far exceeded the
ones found last month," said another resident, Musa Bremah.
Mohammed Sadiq, another local who helped
in the burials on Saturday, put the death toll at more than 400 but the
Borno state government did not state a precise figure, giving a toll of
"hundreds".
The victims had
been covered by sand from the encroaching desert, with the burial
ordered by the state authorities.
Could that be bodies of the insurgents killed by the troops?
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