Sad Photos From Damasak Where Boko Haram Unleashed Terror

A Chadian soldier stands in a bedroom that residents say a Boko Haram militant had forcefully
seized and occupied in Damasak, Nigeria, March 24, 2015. Boko Haram militants have kidnapped
more than 400 women and children from the northern Nigerian town of Damasak that was freed this month by troops from Niger and Chad, residents said on Tuesday. Nigerian, Chadian and Niger forces have driven militants out of a string of towns in simultaneous offensives over the past month.

Chadian and Nigerien soldiers look at the decaying corpses at a mass grave in the recently

retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 20, 2015.

A wall painted by Boko Haram is seen in Damasak, March 24, 2015.

Chadian soldiers carry weapons captured from Boko Haram in a pickup truck in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015.

Nigerien soldiers hold up a Boko Haram flag they had seized in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015.

A girl stands in front of soldiers from Niger and Chad in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 20, 2015.

Residents queue for blankets and food distributed by Nigerien soldiers in Damasak, March 24, 2015.

Chadian soldiers drive in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015.

Men who survived Boko Haram occupation pose for a picture in Damasak, March 24, 2015.

A wall painted by Boko Haram is seen in Damasak, March 24, 2015.

A girl drinks water as women queue for blankets and food given out by Nigerien soldiers in Damasak, March 24, 2015.

Cattle run as a helicopter flies overhead along the Komadougou Yobe river which separates Niger and Nigeria, outside Damasak, March 24, 2015.