Description
According to Amnesty International: "On 18 April 2013, 64 detainees were killed in Presidential Lodge (Guardroom) detention centre in Damaturu, Yobe state. According to a military source who was posted in this area at the time, the men had been detained for three to four months. The soldiers took them out of their cells in the evening and shot all of them at close range in the bush near Maiduguri Road. The military source told Amnesty International that the detainees were killed by soldiers who had returned from an operation where they had lost two of their colleagues in battle. He said the killing was in revenge for the death of those two soldiers, one of whom was a corporal. The 64 detainees, according to the military source, were selected randomly from two different cells." [+]
Sources
| Publication Date | Publisher | Publication Title | Access Date | Archive Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 June 2015 | Amnesty International | Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military. 44/1657/2015. | 27 September 2018 |