9. During an attack that started January 3 and continued through January 11, Boko Haram opened fire on 16 northern Nigerian villages.
The death toll estimates range from 200 to as many 2,000 people.
Another 10,000 people who managed to escape have fled to neighboring
Chad. Many Nigerians drowned in an attempt to cross Lake Chad to escape
what is now described as the "deadliest massacre"€ in the history of
Boko Haram. Over the past six months, the militant group has taken
control of more than two dozen towns in northeast Nigeria, most of them
in Borno State, and launched attacks into Chad and Cameroon.
The territory controlled by Boko Haram now nearly equals the Islamic
State'€™s in Iraq and Syria.
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