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While the main cause for noteworthiness are clearly the killings, regardless of whether fatalities are in the hundreds or the thousands (which is a truly depressing thing to write), the killings are really discrete events that happened over a few days (and appear to still be ongoing, actually). So plural or singular? Furthermore, one could make the case that the primary motivation was to capture the military base. In that case, might it be better to call the event "attacks"? Or should we simply consider the attack on the base a seperate event and focus on the killings of civilians that followed, which would be the "massacre" here? -- Varavour ( talk) 22:54, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
It's absolutely sad. This tragic event was totally forgotten by international media. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.21.162.237 ( talk) 02:16, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
According to independent reports and local officials, however, least 35,000 people are thought to have fled the region
is a claim cited to
this article, but it's not clear to me where this figure is coming from. Maybe I am missing something? I do see evidence for a 20,000 estimate from a local government official supported by
this article here.
I, JethroBT
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07:47, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello all, there's new information from many sources as more people have been able to get on the ground and report what has happened, in articles such as this one from the BBC or the latest Amnesty International report. I'd work it but don't have the time, so I added the update box to hopefully spur improvement. -- Varavour ( talk) 19:03, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
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While the main cause for noteworthiness are clearly the killings, regardless of whether fatalities are in the hundreds or the thousands (which is a truly depressing thing to write), the killings are really discrete events that happened over a few days (and appear to still be ongoing, actually). So plural or singular? Furthermore, one could make the case that the primary motivation was to capture the military base. In that case, might it be better to call the event "attacks"? Or should we simply consider the attack on the base a seperate event and focus on the killings of civilians that followed, which would be the "massacre" here? -- Varavour ( talk) 22:54, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
It's absolutely sad. This tragic event was totally forgotten by international media. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.21.162.237 ( talk) 02:16, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
According to independent reports and local officials, however, least 35,000 people are thought to have fled the region
is a claim cited to
this article, but it's not clear to me where this figure is coming from. Maybe I am missing something? I do see evidence for a 20,000 estimate from a local government official supported by
this article here.
I, JethroBT
drop me a line
07:47, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello all, there's new information from many sources as more people have been able to get on the ground and report what has happened, in articles such as this one from the BBC or the latest Amnesty International report. I'd work it but don't have the time, so I added the update box to hopefully spur improvement. -- Varavour ( talk) 19:03, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
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