On 2 april, a boko haram attack on the outskirts of maiduguri resulted in the death of 18 people and another 84 wounded. Since 2009 the group has carried out largescale acts of violence. A spokesperson from the sunni islamist group boko haram later claimed responsibility. Boko haram has staged previous attacks in abuja, but most of its targets have. The latest of these attacks was executed at parisu, a boko haram terrorists hideout, within the sambisa forest on 31 march 2020, after series of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Military sources told premium times that large cache of arms, ammunition, and military equipment were carted away by boko haram fighters during the attack on 157 task force battalion in metele. Aminu sadiq ogwuche was arrested by interpol in sudan in may 2014 on the suspicion of being one of the masterminds behind the bombings. The attack, one of the deadliest recently, came as the military tried to launch an offensive against the armed group. The vehicle broke through two security barriers, probably indicating that it was reinforced to withstand the impact. How boko haram killed 70 soldiers in metele attack.
The borno state police spokesperson, victor isukwu, confirmed the. At least 18 people were killed and 41 injured in the bombings on friday night, in kuje, to the west of abuja, and in nyanya. A boko haram flag flies from an abandoned command post, gamboru, nigeria, february 4, 2015. Following threats by boko haram to attack abuja, security agencies in the federal capital territory, fct, have declared their readiness to combat all forms of threat to lives and property by. Boko haram killed dozens in mondays attack in nigeria.
The attack on alidawari would be the first major assault by boko haram on maiduguri in a very long time. Abuja, the capital and target of boko harams most recent attack, lies in the center of the country. Deadly suicide blast, boko haram attack in nigeria. The rise of boko haram in nigeria combating terrorism. Nigerian military ramps up attacks on boko haram location. This article focuses on boko harams bombing activities in. Abuja, nigeria at least 30 people have been killed in nigerias northeastern borno region after suspected boko haram fighters set ablaze several trucks carrying passengers on. Abuja is taking boko haram seriously council on foreign. Abuja is taking boko haram seriously a seemingly resurgent boko haram has accelerated its attacks and is creeping back into villages it once occupied. By 2011, its fighters were attacking government officials, police and religious figures. Olaleye aluko, abuja troops of operation lafiya dole in the northeast have engaged some boko haram terrorists who were approaching the nigerian army camp at 3 battalion in the gamboru area of.
The attack, one of the bloodiest in boko harams decadelong conflict, came two weeks after it had overrun the same town, driving out nigerian soldiers and marking its reemergence as a force. Abuja is instead in the centre of nigeria, away from boko harams territory. Boko haram hausa for western education is sinful carried out a similar attack on the abuja police headquarters in june, nearly killing the police chief. The declaration by boko haram that it carried out the bomb attacks against the united nations headquarters in the heavily fortified diplomatic zone of nigerias. The brutal toll of boko harams attacks on civilians. It is also blamed for a new years eve attack on abuja barracks. Troops kill scores of boko haram terrorists in gunfight. Boko haram suspected after nigerian capital abuja hit by. Abuja, nigeria as nigeria prepares for general elections in february, a series of attacks by boko haram has focused attention on the security situation in the country the armed group appears. Boko haram launches series of attacks in northeast nigeria. Olamikan gbemigaap the nigerian jihadist group boko haram just. Abuja bomb blast in wuse district kills 21 bbc news. Boko haram planning coordinated attacks against nigerias critical infrastructuresun.
The united nations has reopened its building in abuja, eight years after the property was destroyed in an attack by a boko haram suicide bomber the nigerian government undertook the rebuilding. Shocked by attack on mosque, nigeria tightens security. Boko haram claims lagos, abuja attacks voice of america. Boko haram claims lagos, abuja attacks voice of america english. Abubakar shekau, a boko haram faction leader, kidnapperinchief of the chibok school girls, notorious for his grisly videos and brutal implementation of. Originating in the muslimdominated northeast region of the country, the movement rejected everything deemed western. The declaration by boko haram that it carried out the bomb attacks against the united nations headquarters in the heavily fortified diplomatic zone of nigerias federal capital, abuja, has propelled the group into the international arena. Nigeria boko haram attack on borno state takes 30 lives.
Boko haram planning coordinated attacks against nigerias. The head of nigerias boko haram has claimed responsibility for a bombing in the capital abuja and an attack hours later in lagos which the authorities tried to cover up, in a video obtained by. Boko haram has in the past staged deadly attacks in abuja, involving suicide bombings and ieds see table 1. Boko haram has reacted by ramping up its attacks on soft targets and communities in the northeast. View cnns fast facts on boko haram and learn more about the militant islamic group based in nigeria, whose purpose is to institute sharia, or islamic law. Boko haram chief claims lagos, abuja attacks in new video. Military sources told premium times that large cache of arms, ammunition, and military equipment were carted away by boko haram fighters during the.
Suspected boko haram fighters kill at least 30 in nigeria. Nigerias buhari rattled by boko haram attacks as polls. The brutal toll of boko harams attacks on civilians washington post. The leader of boko haram claimed responsibility for a recent bombing in lagos, which, if confirmed, would be the militant groups first attack in the nigerian commercial capital. Boko haram claimed responsibility for the bombing six days after it occurredthe video claiming responsibility features the groups leader abubakar shekau and was released on 19 april. Some of the 106 girls who were kidnapped by boko haram militants in the nigerian town of chibok look through a set of photographs during the. The abuja dss attack was a coordinated terrorist attack by the islamic group boko haram on the department of state security, abuja on 31 march 2014 in a bid. Boko haram attacks timeline world news the guardian. Abuja was last attacked on 25 june last year, when 22 people were killed in a blast at a popular shopping centre in the heart of the capital. A deserted student hostel is shown on august 6, 20, after gunmen stormed a. Boko haram plans to attack abuja, ona of abaji cries out boko haram plans to attack abuja, ona of abaji cries out on may 20, 2017 7.
How boko haram killed over 70 soldiers in metele attack. Possible reasons for the boko haram attack business insider. December 2010 boko haram regroups under a new leader, abubakar shekau, and bombs jos, in central nigeria, killing 80 people. In 2015 the group began calling itself islamic state in west africa. At least 65 people are dead following a suspected attack by boko haram on a funeral gathering in northeastern nigeria, according to local officials.
In 2011, its agents rammed a 4x4 laden with explosives into the united nations headquarters in the capital, killing 21. Boko haram suspected after nigerian capital abuja hit by bomb. Boko haram grew its ranks by taking advantage of widespread anger in the north over the countrys wealth gap. Boko haram in nigeria the latest news from al jazeera. Four nigerian church elders held a sunday service in their burnt church building on february 23, 2020, two days after boko haram militants abducted some of. Boko haram later claimed the attack and a separate strike later that day in the apapa port district of the financial capital, lagos. This attack came just days after the government of nigeria claimed there was a ceasefire with boko haram.
This was boko harams first attack in chad, probably in revenge for chad joining nigeria, niger, and cameroon in a military coalition against them 10 killed, 4 wounded. Boko haram attack maiduguri news and events in abuja and. Boko haram, a radical islamist group that has waged war for the past nine years in nigeria and in neighboring countries, has sent suicide bombers in a wave of recent attacks on mosques. Boko haram was established in 2002 in maiduguri, but it was years before it spawned an insurgency. Boko haram has claimed responsibility for twin bomb attacks on the outskirts of nigerias capital, abuja, the group said in a message posted on social media on sunday evening.
Aftermath of boko harams bombing of the nyanya bus park in abuja, nigeria. On april 28, 2012, the terrorist organization attacked this day newspaper in abuja, nigeria with a suicidal car bomb. Boko haram plans to attack abuja, ona of abaji cries out. Abuja, nigeria at least 30 people have been killed in nigeria s northeastern borno region after suspected boko haram fighters set ablaze several trucks carrying passengers on sunday night. Nigeria says 110 girls unaccounted for after boko haram attack. Security officials said it was too early to give a detailed account of what happened. A purported boko haram spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack and promised future targeting of us and nigerian government interests. Boko haram killed 41 people in an attempt to keep civilians from the polls. Nigerias military said more than 100 boko haram militants carried out the attack. Boko haram, which has been behind almost daily shootings and attacks with homemade bombs in the remote northeast, was the prime suspect in. Boko haram violence an affront to humanity, ban declares. Cnni talks to jacob zenn of the jamestown foundation about the rise of attacks by extremist group, boko haram, in nigeria.
Deadly attack by a female bomber in the village of kaigakindjiria was blamed on the armed group, boko haram. A group of refugees in diffa, niger, after fleeing boko haram violence in nigeria. Abuja reuters one hundred and ten girls are missing after an attack on a school in northeast nigeria by suspected boko haram insurgents, the information ministry said on sunday, in what may be. At least 50 nigerian soldiers killed in boko haram ambush. Boko haram has launched a series of attacks in northeast nigeria, hoisting its flags over several towns and overrunning a multinational military base militants from islamic state west africa. Suspected boko haram suicide bomber kills 54 in northeastern nigeria read more kuje, near abujas airport, is 40 kilometres 25 miles west of the city centre and seat of government. The attack happened in the villages of bale shuwa and bale kura, close to both maiduguri and the citys military camp. A nigerian soldier, center, walks, at the scene of an explosion in abuja, nigeria, that had been carried out by boko haram. The leader of boko haram claimed responsibility for a recent bombing in lagos, which, if confirmed, would be the militant groups first attack in. Boko haram, islamic sectarian movement founded in 2002 in northeastern nigeria. A bomb attack on a busy shopping district in nigerias capital, abuja, kills at. No fewer than 48 boko haram fighters have been killed by troops attached to the multinational joint task force in niger republic.