Damasak massacre

Damasak massacre
Damasak massacre
Part of Boko Haram insurgency
Location	Damasak, Nigeria
Coordinates	13°06′30″N12°30′33″E / 13.1082°N 12.5093°E
Date	November 24, 2014-; March 17, 2015
Attack type	Massacre
Deaths	400
Perpetrators	Boko Haram

Last updated March 16, 2023

The Damasak massacre was a series of massacres and mass execution committed by Boko Haram in the city of Damasak, Nigeria.

Attack

On 24 November 2014, Boko Haram invaded and captured the city of Damasak, Nigeria in retaliation for civilians joining self-defense groups. The inhabitants of the city fled the advancing Boko haram jihadists. About 3,000 civilians left the city and fled to neighboring Niger. They crossed the Yobe River bordering the two countries on the boat, many civilians died attempting to swim across the Yobe river. Boko Haram started hunting down people fleeing the city and killing them, by the end of the attack estimated 50 people had been killed.^[1]

Occupation

Boko haram occupied the town for four months, during that four months Boko haram committed several mass executions in and around the city of Damasak. 70-100 people were killed with some being beheaded under a concrete bridge leading out of the city.^[2]^[3] Hundreds more were killed in the dried-up river bank and other parts of the town. By the end of the occupation on 17 March 2015, 400 civilians had been executed by Boko haram.^[4]

Liberation

On 17 March 2015, the Nigerien and Chadian armies launch an operation to recapture the city of Damasak. Over 2,000 Nigerian and Chadian soldiers attacked the city and recaptured it. the battle left multiple Boko haram vehicles destroyed and 228 Boko haram fighters dead.^[5]

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References

↑ "Nigeria: 50 dead in Boko Haram's attack on Damasak on Monday". ladepeche. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
↑ "'Mass grave' discovered in Nigerian town recaptured from Boko Haram". France 24. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
↑ "Mass grave found in former Boko Haram-held town in Nigeria". CNN. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
↑ "400 Murdered In Damasak Massacre, Buried In Mass Graves". Sahara reporters. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
↑ "Troops from Chad, Niger retake Nigerian town from Boko Haram". the Seattle Times. 18 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

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[1] "Nigeria: 50 dead in Boko Haram's attack on Damasak on Monday". ladepeche. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[2] "'Mass grave' discovered in Nigerian town recaptured from Boko Haram". France 24. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[3] "Mass grave found in former Boko Haram-held town in Nigeria". CNN. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[4] "400 Murdered In Damasak Massacre, Buried In Mass Graves". Sahara reporters. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[5] "Troops from Chad, Niger retake Nigerian town from Boko Haram". the Seattle Times. 18 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

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