Nigeria: Amnesty implicates military in war crimes | World War 4 Report

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Nigeria: Amnesty implicates military in war crimes | World War 4 Report: More than 4,000 people have been killed this year alone in the conflict by the Nigerian military and Boko Haram, including more than 600 extrajudicially executed following the Giwa Barracks attack on March 14 in Maiduguri—the same town where the new footage emerges from. In recent months, the conflict has intensified in northeastern Nigeria, spreading to smaller towns and villages which are now increasingly on the front line. In July 2014 Damboa in Borno state became the first town to fall under the control of Boko Haram since President Goodluck Jonathan declared the state of emergency in May 2013. Amnesty's acquired footage also shows the aftermath of a Boko Haram raid on a village in which insurgents killed nearly 100 people and destroyed or badly damaged scores of homes and other buildings.