Baga and at least 16 other towns are thought to have been destroyed
as over 35,000 people are reported to have been displaced, with many
feared to have drowned while trying to cross Lake Chad and others trapped on islands in the lake.[1][4] The attacks are said to have resulted in Boko Haram extending its control to over 70% of Borno State.[2]
The attack began on 3 January when Boko Haram overran a military base that was the headquarters of the Multinational Joint Task Force, which consisted of troops from Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, after which the militants forced thousands of locals from the region, before carrying out widespread mass killings that culminated on the 7th.
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