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Boko Haram killed three police officers and two civilians in Maiduguri. [5] Boko Haram opened fire on the All Nigeria Peoples Party, killing eight people. [4] 31 December – December 2010 Abuja attack – A bomb attack outside a barracks in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, killed four civilians.
Boko Haram has kidnapped large numbers of children on several occasions. This has led to Boko Haram members physically, psychologically and sexually abusing them, using and selling them as sex slaves and/or brides of forced marriages with their fighters. [315] – the most famous example being the Chibok kidnapping in 2014.
Boko Haram, officially known as ... Map of Boko Haram's territorial control on 10 April 2015, over 2 months after the start of the 2015 West African offensive ...
A Boko Haram insurgency has killed thousands of people and displaced millions since it began in 2009, creating a humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria and putting pressure on the government ...
Mohammed Yusuf (29 January 1970 – 30 July 2009), also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, was a Nigerian militant who founded the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in 2002. He was its leader until he was killed during the 2009 Boko Haram uprising.
[5] [17] The police also executed other Boko Haram suspects, including Yusuf's father-in-law, outside the police headquarters. [5] [17] On 2 August, a group of women and children abducted by Boko Haram were found locked in a house in Maiduguri. [18] The military said a total of 700 people were killed in Maiduguri during the clashes. [18]
Islamist militant group Boko Haram has reportedly kidnapped dozens from a remote Nigerian town. Witnesses told reporters the group kidnapped about 100 or so boys and men. The assumption is the ...
The Boko Haram insurgency began in 2009, when the group started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria.. ISWAP claimed that the men of the village were "supporting and coordinating" with the Nigerian army and therefore labeled them as "apostates", heading to the village to commit this massacre.