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Baga, Nigeria

Soldiers massacre families: Nigerian soldiers burned an entire town—thousands of thatched-roof homes—and killed some 200 villagers last week after a single soldier was killed by an Islamist militant. Some Baga residents were shot as they fled their burning homes, while others drowned or were attacked by hippos while trying to escape into Lake Chad. It was the most egregious example yet of the military’s brutal tactics in its fight against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The government has ordered an investigation into the incident. “When you burn down shops and massacre civilians, you are pushing them to join the camp of Boko Haram,” said Borno state Gov. Kashim Shettima.

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