Up to 2,000 killed in Nigeria’s Baga: Amnesty International

‘Boko Haram Takfiri militants have killed as many as 2,000 people in their attack on Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, Amnesty International says.

On Friday, the London-based rights group referred to the militant’s attack on the Nigerian town Baga as the “deadliest massacre” in Boko Haram’s history.

Hundreds of militants attacked the town, which is located close to Nigeria’s border with Chad, on Wednesday after capturing a key military base in the town on January 3.’

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