The murders by Muslim fanatics in
France have attracted widespread condemnation, and an impressive demonstration
of international solidarity. What a pity the same cannot be said of the massacres
committed by the Islamic terrorists of Boko Haram in Nigeria.
Amnesty International, after
compiling eyewitness reports and studying satellite pictures, says last week’s
attack on the villages of Baga and Doron Baga killed at least 150, including
small children and a woman in labour.
The terrorists are said to have
opened fire indiscriminately, and some say the death toll could be as high as
2,000. The villages were razed to the ground, with about 3,700 buildings,
mainly people’s homes, destroyed.
In April 2013, the Baga area was
raided by the Nigerian military in response to a Boko Haram attack that killed
a soldier. Human Rights Watch say local people were killed, and more than 2,000
buildings destroyed, though the Nigerian government denied the claims.
(See also my blogs of March 3 and June
23, and December 19, 2014.)
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