Town of Damasak was seized by the Islamist group last November, but recaptured on Saturday by troops from Niger and Chad
   

Nigerien soldiers hold up a Boko Haram flag that they had seized in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria Photo by Reuters

Soldiers who liberated the Nigerian town of Damasak from Boko Haram militants on Saturday have discovered the bodies of at least 70 people, many with their throats slit.
In what appeared to be an execution site for the Islamist group, the bodies were strewn beneath a concrete bridge on one of the main roads leading out of the town. At least one was decapitated.
Damasak was seized by the Islamist group last November, but recaptured on Saturday by troops from Niger and Chad, who were part of an international force.
Chadian soldiers, who said the bodies were discovered on Thursday, spoke of more than 100 corpses in the area around the dry river bed. A Reuters witness was able to count at least 70.
SOURCE: HAARETZ NEWS
   


Soldiers who liberated the Nigerian town of Damasak from Boko Haram militants on Saturday have discovered the bodies of at least 70 people, many with their throats slit.
In what appeared to be an execution site for the Islamist group, the bodies were strewn beneath a concrete bridge on one of the main roads leading out of the town. At least one was decapitated.
Damasak was seized by the Islamist group last November, but recaptured on Saturday by troops from Niger and Chad, who were part of an international force.
Chadian soldiers, who said the bodies were discovered on Thursday, spoke of more than 100 corpses in the area around the dry river bed. A Reuters witness was able to count at least 70.
SOURCE: HAARETZ NEWS
