Doron Baga Village on January 2 before the attack
As the Nigerian Military said 150 not 2000 people died in
Baga, Amnesty International has released shocking satellite images which
show the extent of damage .This is to buttress their claims that an estimated
2,500 people, were slaughtered in the deadliest attack since insurgency
have been revealed in shocking new satellite images.
With more than 3,700 structures including houses and schools completely
destroyed.In the pictures taken beforehand, the areas in red show buildings and trees in
the densely packed towns in the north of the country.But in the pictures taken
after the massacre, they have been decimated and the infra-redsatellite images instead
reveal grey areas where the militants savagely razed the towns.Daniel Eyre, Nigeria researcher for Amnesty International, said this was the
'largest and most destructive' BokoHaram assault his organisation has ever
analysed. 'These detailed images show devastation of
catastrophic proportions in two towns, one of which was almost wiped off the
map in the space of four days.
'It represents a deliberate attack on civilians whose homes, clinics and
schools are now burnt out ruins
Dogon Baga Village on January 7 after attack
Up until now, the isolation of the Baga, combined with
the fact that Boko Haram remains in control of the area, has meant
that it has been very difficult to verify what happened there.'Residents have not been able to return to bury the dead, let alone count
their number. But through these satellite images combined with
graphic testimonies a picture of what is likely to be Boko Haram's deadliest
attack ever is becoming clearer.'
Another survivor - a man in his fifties - told Amnesty:
'They killed so many people. I saw maybe around 100
killed at that time in Baga. I ran to the bush.As we were running, they were
shooting and killing.'He hid in the bush and was later discovered by Boko Haram fighters,
who detained him in Doron Baga for four days.Those who fled describe seeing many more corpses in the
surrounding bush area, and one woman said: 'I don't know how many, but there
were bodies everywhere we looked.'One witness described how Boko Haram were shooting
indiscriminately, killing even small children and a woman who was in labour.He added: 'Half of the baby boy is out and she died like
this.
Dogon
Baga Village..yellow dots signify 620 houses razed down in the attack
Doro Gowon close to Baga completely razed down(Yellow Patch)
No comments:
Post a Comment