article_snippet: Reports from the newly-liberated town of Bama say the northeast Nigerian city has been devastated by Boko Haram militants (pictured during a recent filmed beheading) occupation and the efforts to re-take the city - with the army claiming the stench of death hangs heavy in the air.
article_snippet: Nigerian troops are seen taking up positions in the northeast Nigerian town of Bama earlier this week .
article_snippet: Reports from the newly-liberated town of Bama say the city has been devastated by the militants' occupation and the efforts to re-take the city - with the army claiming the stench of death hangs heavy in the air .
article_snippet: When the soldiers arrived, the soldiers found the northeast Nigerian town of Bama largely deserted - with local reports suggesting as many as 500 people were taken in the raids.
article_snippet: Evidence of a mass grave was also discovered by the troops from Chad and Niger, who now hold the northeast Nigerian town of Bama, Chad's ambassador to the U.N. Mahamat Zene Cherif confirmed Wednesday.