by Panshak Ibrahim
Nigerien and Chadian soldiers have discovered the bodies of at least 70 people scattered under a bridge.
According to Reuters, soldiers from the countries, who liberated the Nigerian town of Damasak from Boko Haram militants, foind the throats of many of the bodies slit.
The bodies were scattered beneath the concrete bridge on one of the main roads leading out of the town.
The Reuters report stated that a “strong smell of decomposition in many parts of town suggested there could be more bodies concealed there.”
About 50 of the town’s residents had reportedly escaped by the time Damasak was recaptured, while those that stayed put were the ones who were too old or sick to leave.
A Damasak resident, Mbodou Moussa said: “People were in town when they (Boko Haram) attacked, they fired at us, we ran away to the bushes but they continued to fire and chased some people to kill them.”
