article_snippet.sent: The town had recently been freed from the Boko Haram terror group in a joint Nigerian-Chadian military operation.
article_snippet.sent: A provincial government committee was visiting The town as part of an effort to assess the level of destruction in towns that had been in the deadly grip of Boko Haram.
article_snippet.sent: The victims included men, women and children murdered by Boko Haram when men, women and children murdered by Boko Haram seized The town in November, said Abubakar Kyari, a senator-elect for the region.
article_snippet.sent: The staggering number of dead bodies found in Damasak is a testimony of the large-scale atrocity Boko Haram committed when the large-scale atrocity Boko Haram were in control of the town
article_snippet.sent: ‎A regional military coalition involving troops from Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon has in recent months recaptured swathes of Nigerien territory seized by Boko Haram.
article_snippet.sent: The joint military operation is part of an ongoing collaborative effort at crushing Niger, Chad and CameroonThe joint military operation Niger, Chad and CameroonCameroon.
highlights_snippet.sent: The town had recently been freed from the Boko Haram terror group .
  