... "Killing went on and on

artappraiser — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:42:52 +0000

In reply to More than 2,000 feared killed in 'deadliest' Boko Haram attack

... "Killing went on and on and on’

By Terence McCoy, Washington Post, Jan. 9, 2015

[....] Baga, local government officials say, is simply no more. It’s “virtually non-existent,” Bukar told the BBC. One man who escaped with his family told Agence France-Presse he had to navigate through “many dead bodies on the ground” and that the “whole town was on fire.” Another man told Reuters he “escaped with my family in the car after seeing how Boko Haram was killing people … I saw bodies in the street. Children and women, some were crying for help.” He added: Bodies were “littered on the streets and surrounding bushes.”

“The indiscriminate killing went on and on and on,” Lawan told BBC.

It’s hard to find contemporary precedent for the delight Boko Haram takes in killing. Even the Islamic State, which has killed thousands and purposely targets minorities, doesn’t seem to be as wanton [....]

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