Nigeria’s military on today claimed to have
retaken the town of Baga from Boko Haram, the scene of what is feared to have
been the Islamist militants’ worst atrocity of the six-year insurgency.
“Troops have this afternoon captured #BAGA after
fierce battle with terrorists. Heavy Casualties. Mopping up ongoing. Details
later,” the military said on its Twitter account @defenceinfoNG.
There was no independent corroboration of the
claim, as thousands of people had fled the town on the shores of Lake Chad in
the far north of Borno state from January 3, when Boko Haram fighters attacked.
Hundreds of people, if not more, are feared to
have been killed in the days that followed, while much of the town and 12
surrounding settlements were burnt to the ground.
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