According to reports, Boko Haram insurgents have killed concerning one hundred individuals in Baga, Borno State.
Residents of the community explicit that the attack started on Tues, Epiphany and continued until subsequent day.
"I free with my family within the automotive when seeing however Boko Haram was killing individuals ... I saw bodies within the street. kids and ladies, some were crying for facilitate," a fleeing resident, Muhammad Bukar told Reuters.
The casualty figure was given by the district head of Baga, Abba Hassan, UN agency reportedly aforementioned on Th, January 8, that a minimum of one hundred individuals were killed within the initial attack.
Another resident, Abubakar Gulama is alleged to possess explicit that he crossed "many dead bodies on the ground" which "the whole city was on fire".
Boko Haram militants at first attacked Baga on Sat, January 4, and took over a military base when overwhelming troops in an exceedingly gun battle.
A resident conjointly told BBC that as several as 2000 individuals may are killed by Boko Haram within the recent onslaught on Baga.
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