The scale of last week’s attack on the Nigerian towns of Baga and Doron Baga by Boko Haram militants has been shown graphically in before-and-after satellite images revealed by Amnesty International on Thursday.
Satellite images, taken on January 2 and January 7, respectively, show the change to two densely populated towns, 2.5 kilometers from each other, where more than 3,700 buildings were damaged or completely destroyed by fire, Amnesty International reported.
Baga and Doron Baga, some 160 kilometers from Maiduguri, the largest city in northeast Nigeria, as well as at least 16 neighboring villages and other towns, were devastated by a series of attacks of Boko Haram militants that began January 3, local officials said.
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