Bodies ‘littered on the streets’ after Boko Haram attack on Baga

Locals say insurgents began shooting indiscriminately in Nigerian town

Updated: Thu, Jan 8, 2015, 20:14
The aftermath of a Boko Haram bomb blast at Dukku bus rank in Gombe, Nigeria, in late December in which at least 20 people died and 18 sustained various injuries. In Baga the dead were said to be “littered on the streets and surrounding bushes”. Photograph: EPA

The aftermath of a Boko Haram bomb blast at Dukku bus rank in Gombe, Nigeria, in late December in which at least 20 people died and 18 sustained various injuries. In Baga the dead were said to be “littered on the streets and surrounding bushes”. Photograph: EPA

Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram have attacked the northeastern town of Baga for the second time in a week, leaving bodies littering the streets, according to an official.

Two locals said the Islamist insurgents began shooting indiscriminately and burning buildings on Tuesday evening in raids on the civilian population that carried on into Wednesday.

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