On 24 November 2014, Boko Haram invaded and captured the city of Damasak, Nigeria in retaliation for civilians joining self-defense groups.
The inhabitants of the city fled the advancing Boko haram jihadists.
Seventy to one hundred people were killed, with some being beheaded under a concrete bridge leading out of the city.
By the end of the occupation on 17 March 2015, 400 civilians had been executed by Boko haram.
[4] On 17 March 2015, the Nigerien and Chadian armies launch an operation to recapture the city of Damasak.