Timeline of Boko Haram attacks .
July 23: The Boko Haram insurgents attacked
Kaduna killing about 39 people and injuring many others
July 14,
2014: The
insurgents descended on Borno killing over 26 people and injuring many
others
June 23,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked the city Kano killing over 12 people and injuring manyothers
June 1,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked Mudi killing over 40 people and injuring many others
May 31,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked Kala Balge killing 40 people and injuring several others
May 27,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked Borno killing 48 people and injuring several others
May 25,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked Yobe killing 54 people and injuring several others
May 21,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked Chikongudo killing 25 people and injuring several others
May 20,
2014: Gunmen
suspected to be Boko Haram attacked Jos killing 108 and injuring 56
May 18,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked Kano killing 4 people and injuring several others
May 5,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked Gamboru Ngala killing several people and injuring several others
May 1,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked Abuja killing 19 people and injuring several others
April 14,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked Abuja killing 88 people and injuring several others
April
10, 2014: Boko
Haram attacked Dikwa killing 8 people and injuring several others
April
10, 2014: Boko
Haram attacked Bala Balge killing 60 people and injuring several others
March 1,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked Mainokri killing 39 people and injuring several others
March 1,
2014: Boko Haram
attacked Maiduguri killing 51 people and injuring several others
February
25, 2014: Boko
Haram attacked Buni Yadi killing 59 people and injuring several others
February
19, 2014: Boko
Haram attacked Bama killing 60 people and injuring several others
February
16, 2014:: Boko
Haram attacked a village in Borno killing 90 and injuring several others
February
12, 2014: Boko
Haram attacked Konduga killing 39 people and injuring several others
July 6,
2013: Boko Haram
attacked Yobe killing 42 people and injuring several others
May 7,
2013: Boko Haram
attacked Bama killing 55 and injuring several others
July 30,
2012: Boko Haram
attacked Zaria killing 5 and injuring several others
June 3,
2012: Boko Haram
attacked Bauchi killing 12 and injuring several others
April
30, 2012: Gunmen
attacked Taraba killing 11 and injuring several others
April
29, 2012: Boko
Haram attacked Bayero University, Kano killing 16 and injuring several others
April
26, 2012: Boko
Haram attacked Abuja killing six and injuring several others
April
25, 2012: Boko
Haram attacked Maiduguri Police Headquaters killing seven and injuring many
April 8,
2012: Boko Haram
attacked Kaduna killing 40 and injuring several others
April 8,
2012: Boko Haram
attacked another church in Jos killing 20 and injuring several others
March
24, 2012: Boko
Haram attacked Kano killing two and injuring unspecified number of people
March
11, 2012: Boko
Haram attacked a church in Jos killing 10 and injuring several others
February
3, 2012: Boko
Haram attacked a police station in Kogi State killing four people
Jan 22,
2012: Boko Haram attacked
Bauchi, killing 11 people and injuring several others
18 Jan
2012: A key
suspect in the 2011 Christmas Day bombing in Abuja, which killed more than 40
people, escapes police custody.
17 Jan
2012: Two
soldiers and four BH gunmen are killed in an attack on a military checkpoint in
Maiduguri, Borno State. Soldiers arrest six high-profile BH members in a raid
on a sect hideout in the city.
13 Jan
2012: Boko
Haram kills four and injures two others, including a policeman, in two separate
attacks on pubs in Yola (Adawama State) and Gombe city in neighbouring Gombe
State.
11 Jan
2012: Four
Christians killed by Boko Haram gunmen in Potiskum, Yobe State, when gunmen
open fire on their car as they stop for fuel. The victims had been fleeing
Maiduguri to their home town in eastern Nigeria.
10 Jan
2012: A Boko
Haram attack on a beer garden kills eight, including five policemen and a
teenage girl, in Damaturu, capital of Yobe State.
9 Jan
2012: Boko
Haram gunmen shoot dead a secret police operative along with his civilian
friend as they leave a mosque in Biu, Borno State, 200km south of the state
capital, Maiduguri. The president says BH has infiltrated the executive,
parliamentary and judicial wings of government.
7 Jan
2012: Three
Christian poker players are killed and seven others wounded by BH gunmen in the
town of Biu.
6 Jan
2012: Eight
worshippers are killed in a shooting attack on a church in Yola. Boko Haram
gunmen shoot dead 17 Christian mourners in the town of Mubi in the northeastern
state of Adamawa. The victims are friends and relations of one of five people
killed in a BH attack on a hotel the previous day.
5 Jan
2012: Six
worshippers are killed and 10 others wounded when Boko Haram gunmen attack a
church in Gombe city.
3 Jan
2012: Boko
Haram gunmen attack a police station in the town of Birniwa in Jigawa State
killing a teenage girl and wounding a police officer.
1
Jan 2012: President
Goodluck Jonathan imposes a state of emergency on 15 local government areas
hardest-hit by BH attacks, in Borno, Yobe and Plateau states. He orders the
closure of Nigerian borders in the north.
30 Dec
2011: Four
Muslim worshippers are killed in a BH bomb and shooting attack targeting a
military checkpoint in Maiduguri as worshippers leave a mosque after attending
Friday prayers.
28 Dec
2011: A
bombing and shooting attack by BH on a beer parlour in the town of Mubi,
Adamawa State, wounds 15.
25 Dec
2011: A
Christmas Day BH bomb attack on Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla town
near Abuja kills 42 worshippers. Three secret police (SSS) operatives and a BH
bomber are killed in a suicide attack when the bomber rams his bomb-laden car
into a military convoy at the gates of SSS headquarters in Damaturu. A
policeman is killed in a botched BH bomb attack on a church in the Ray Field
area of Jos, capital of Plateau State.
22 Dec
2011: BH bombs
in parts of Maiduguri kill 20. Four policemen and a civilian are killed in gun
and bomb attacks on a police building in Potiskum, Yobe State. Around 100 are
killed following multiple bomb and shooting attacks by BH gunmen and ensuing
gun battles with troops in the Pompomari outskirts of Damaturu.
19 Dec
2011: One
suspected BH member dies and two others wounded in an accidental explosion
while assembling a home-made bomb in a hideout in Damaturu.
17 Dec
2011: A
shootout between sect members and policemen following a raid on the hideout of
a BH sect leader in the Darmanawa area of Kano State kills seven, including
three police officers. Police arrest 14 BH suspects and seize large amount of
arms and bombs. Three BH members die in an accidental explosion while assembling
home-made bombs in a hideout on the outskirts of Maiduguri.
13 Dec
2011: A bomb
attack on a military checkpoint by BH and resulting shooting by soldiers in
Maiduguri leaves 10 dead and 30 injured.
7 Dec
2011: An
explosion linked to BH kills eight in the Oriyapata district of Kaduna city.
4 Dec
2011: A
soldier, a policeman and a civilian are killed in bomb and gun attacks on
police buildings and two banks in Azare, Bauchi State. BH open fire at a
wedding in Maiduguri, killing the groom and a guest.
27 Nov
2011: A Borno
State protocol officer in the office of the governor is shot dead by
motorcycle-riding sect members while driving home.
26
Nov 2011: Three
policemen and a civilian are wounded in BH bomb and shooting attacks in Geidam,
Yobe State. Six churches, a police station, a beer parlour, a shopping complex,
a high court, a local council building and 11 cars are burnt in the attacks.
9 Nov
2011: BH
members bomb a police station and the office of Nigeria’s road safety agency in
Maina village, Borno State. No one is hurt.
4 Nov
2011: The
motorcade of Borno State governor Kashim Shettima comes under BH bomb attack in
Maiduguri on its way from the airport to the governor’s residence as he returns
from a trip to Abuja. Around 150 are killed in coordinated BH bombing and
shooting attacks on police facilities in Damaturu and Potiskum in Yobe State.
Two BH suicide-bombers blow themselves up outside the military Joint Task Force
headquarters in Maiduguri in a botched suicide attack.
2 Nov
2011: A
soldier on duty is shot dead by sect members outside Maiduguri’s main market.
November
2011: BH says
it will not dialogue with the government until all of its members who have been
arrested are released.
29 Oct
2011: BH
gunmen shoot dead Muslim cleric Sheikh Ali Jana’a outside his home in the
Bulabulin Ngarnam neighbourhood of Maiduguri. Jana’a is known to have provided
information to security forces regarding the sect.
25 Oct
2011: A
policeman is shot dead in his house in a targeted attack by BH gunmen in
Damaturu.
23 Oct
2011: Sect
members open fire on a market in the town of Katari in Kaduna State, killing
two.
23 Oct
2011: BH
members kill a policeman and a bank security guard in bombing and shooting
attacks on a police station and two banks in Saminaka, Kaduna State.
3
October 2011: Three
killed in BH attacks on Baga market in Maiduguri, Borno State. The victims
included a tea-seller, a drug store owner and a passer-by.
1
October 2011: A
butcher and his assistant are killed by BH gunmen at Baga market in Maiduguri in
a targeted killing. In a separate incident, three people are killed in a
shoot-out following BH bomb and shooting attacks on a military patrol vehicle
delivering food to soldiers at a checkpoint in Maiduguri. All three victims are
civilians.
17
September 2011: Babakura
Fugu, brother-in-law to slain BH leader Mohammed Yusuf, is shot dead outside
his house in Maiduguri two days after attending a peace meeting with Nigeria’s
ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in the city. BH denies any involvement in the
incident.
13
September 2011: Four
soldiers shot and wounded in an ambush by BH members in Maiduguri shortly after
the arrest of 15 sect members in military raids on BH hideouts in the city.
12
September 2011: Seven
men, including four policemen, are killed by BH gunmen in bomb and shooting
attacks on a police station and a bank in Misau, Bauchi State. The attackers
rob the bank.
4
September 2011: Muslim
cleric Malam Dala shot dead by two BH members outside his home in the Zinnari
area of Maiduguri.
1
September 2011: A
shootout between BH gunmen and soldiers in Song, Adamawa State, kills one sect
members while another is injured and captured.
26
August 2011: BH
claims responsibility for a suicide bomb blast on the UN compound in Abuja,
killing 23 people.
25
August 2011: Gun
and bomb attacks by BH on two police stations and two banks in Gombi, Adamawa
State, kill at least 16 people, including seven policemen.
3
August 2011: The
government rejects negotiations with BH.
July
2011: Government
says it will open a negotiation panel to initiate negotiations with BH.
27 June
2011: BH’s gun
and bomb attack on a beer garden in Maiduguri leaves at least 25 dead and
dozens injured.
20 June
2011: Seven
people including five policemen killed in gun and bomb attacks on a police
station and a bank in Kankara, Katsina State.
16 June
2011: BH
targets national police headquarters in Abuja, killing two.
7
June 2011: Attacks
on a church and two police posts in Maiduguri, blamed on the sect, leave at
least 14 dead.
6
June 2011: Muslim
cleric Ibrahim Birkuti, critical of BH, shot dead by two motorcycle-riding BH
gunmen outside his house in Biu, 200km from Maiduguri.
29 May
2011: Three
bombs rip through a beer garden in a military barracks in the northern city of
Bauchi, killing 13 and wounding 33. BH claims responsibility.
27 May
2011: A group
of around 70 suspected BH gunmen kill eight people including four policemen in
simultaneous gun and bomb attacks on a police station, a police barracks and a
bank in Damboa, Borno State, near the border with Chad.
29
December 2010: Suspected
BH gunmen shoot dead eight people in Maiduguri, including the governorship
candidate of the ruling All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Borno State.
24
and 27 December 2010: A
series of attacks claimed by BH in the central city of Jos and Maiduguri kill
at least 86.
7
September 2010: A
group of BH gunmen free over 700 inmates including around 100 sect members from
a prison in Bauchi. Four people including a soldier, one policeman and two
residents were killed in the raid.
26 July
2009: BH
launches a short-lived uprising in parts of the north, which is quelled by a
military crackdown that leaves more than 800 dead – mostly sect members,
including BH leader Mohammed Yusuf. A mosque in the capital of Borno State
(Maiduguri) that served as a sect headquarters is burnt down.
11-12
June 2009: BH
leader Mohammed Yusuf threatens reprisals in a video recording to the president
following the killing of 17 BH members in a joint military and police operation
in Borno State. This was after a disagreement over BH members’ alleged refusal
to use crash helmets while in a funeral procession to bury members who had died
in a car accident.
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