Boko Haram leaves behind mass of throat-slit corpses
Around 100 bodies have been found near a town in Nigeria recently freed from Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists, says a Chadian army spokesman.
Colonel Azem Bermandoa Agouna told AFP on Friday that soldiers discovered the bodies under a bridge on the edge of the town of Damasak, liberated by forces from Chad and Niger on March 9.
Agouna, who said he himself visited the scene, stated that there were “about 100 bodies spread around under the bridge just outside the town", adding, "This is the work of Boko Haram."
The colonel said some of the victims had been beheaded and some others shot.
"There are heads here and bodies there, the mass grave has become like a termite mound."
Damasak fell to Boko Haram on November 24, when the terrorists killed around 50 people and forced another 3,000 to escape.
The town was retaken one day after Chad and Niger launched "Operation Mai Dounama,” a vast air and ground offensive in an effort to destroy the Takfiri group’s bases near the two countries.
Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is forbidden,” controls parts of northeastern Nigeria.
It has claimed responsibility for a number of deadly shooting attacks and bombings in various parts of Nigeria since the beginning of its activities in 2009, which have left over 13,000 people dead and 1.5 million displaced.
Boko Haram recently declared allegiance to the ISIL Takfiri group which is perpetrating heinous crimes against humanity in areas under its control in Iraq, Syria, and Libya.
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