Horror in Damasak - at least 70 dead bodies discovered with throats slit or decapitated

#ISIS #bokoharam #damasak #nigeria #goodluckjonathan After the recapture of the town of Damasak from Boko Haram militants, the authorities have discovered at least 70 dead bodies dumped outside the northeastern town of Nigeria as reported in bbc.com dated 21 March 2015. The city of Damasak had been seized by troops from Niger and Chad thereby bringing to an end months of control by the Islamist militants.
Damasak is a trading town in Borno state near Niger's border and is located roughly 200-Km from the state's main city of Maiduguri. It had been overrun by the militants. It seems many of the dead bodies had their throats slits and some had been decapitated.
The identities of the dead are still not known. However, from the condition of the bodies, it appears that death had occurred quite some time ago since the bodies had been partially mummified by the desert air.
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has already predicted that Boko Haram was becoming a spent force and would lose all territory within a month. "They are getting weaker and weaker by the day," is how he put it.
The motto of Boko Haram is to promote a version of Islam which forbids Muslims to participate in any political or social activity associated with Western society. Incidentally, the group has already pledged allegiance to ISIS militants, who control large parts of Syria and Iraq and are also active in Libya.

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Atrocities of Boko Haram – slit the throats of at least 100 victims in Fotokol

#fotokol #bokoharam #cameroon #nigeria In their latest show of atrocities that continues to shock the civilized world, the Boko Haram militants have slit the throats of at least 100 victims in the town of Fotlkol in Cameroon. This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 5 February 2015.
The dead were mercilessly murdered by the militants of the terrorist Islamist group inside their own homes and at a mosque.
This raid has come amid a major offensive launched by Cameroon and its neighboring African states against Boko Haram, which has killed thousands and kidnapped hundreds in Nigeria and has also started to mount raids across the borders.
The militants had gained entry into Fotokol through Gambaru early in the morning and massacred people in the mosque, in the houses and also set fire to properties – this has been revealed by the civic leader Abatchou Abatcha, whose own son was shot dead during the raid.
The information minister of Cameroon Issa Tchiroma has clarified that the Cameroon army had pushed Boko Haram out of the border town following heavy fighting in which at least 50 militants were killed apart from six of its own soldiers.
The Sunni Muslim jihadist group is obviously a major security threat to Nigeria which is Africa's biggest economy and top oil producer. The African Union has, last week, authorized a regional force of 7,500 troops to fight the militants. Simultaneously, in neighboring Chad, the state television has reported that its army had destroyed Boko Haram bases at Gambaru and Ngala in northern Nigeria killing over 200 militants with nine Chad losses.

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