Nigerian army uncovers boko harams plot to attack lagos. Last year, a suicide bomber from the group attacked the main police headquarters in the capital killing six people. The militants have also previously attacked prisons and freed hundreds of suspected boko haram members. The federal capital territory, fct, abuja is again witnessing season two of its lock down. On april 14, 2014, boko haram militants kidnapped more than 250 schoolgirls from chibok in nigerias northeastern borno state. Boko haram escalates attacks on christians in northern. Since the beginning of 2011, boko haram has been implicated in attacks that have killed more than 425 people, including police officers, soldiers, community leaders, politicians, islamic clerics. A comprehensive look at the history of attacks by nigerias boko haram boko haram has been receiving more attention from the international community and media since its june 16 attack in abuja. Their attacks have been smallscale until autumn 2010, when fighters free 700 inmates from a prison in bauchi and attack a mosque in maiduguri, frequented by. Why boko haram bombed the nigeria police headquarters in abuja. The declaration by boko haram that it carried out the bomb attacks against the.
In 2009, boko haram carried out a spate of attacks on police stations and other government buildings in. Nigerias boko haram islamists bombed abuja police hq bbc news. Attacks by the islamist sect boko haram in northern nigerias largest city struck police buildings, immigration offices and an office of the secret police. Police spokesman olusola amore said islamist group boko haram was. Boko haram attacks indefensible human rights watch.
December 2010 boko haram regroups under a new leader, abubakar shekau, and bombs jos, in central nigeria, killing 80 people. June 16, 2011 suicide attack on police general headquarters in abuja. The first came in the wake of boko harams bombing of. Active since 2002, it is fighting to carve out an islamic state from ethnically and religiously divided nigeria. The attacks, which reportedly included the employment of at least two suicide vehicleborne improvised explosive devices vbieds, targeted a series. Boko haram suspected after nigerian capital abuja hit by.
Timeline of boko haram and related violence in nigeria. At least 5 dead in attack on police headquarters in nigeria. The nyanya bomb blast, which analysts now refer to as the 144 bombing, is so far the deadliest attack on the nations capital, ever since a 35yearold boko haram member, mohammad manga, detonated his bombladen vehicle at police headquarters, abuja, on 16 june 2011. Boko haram attacks in nigeria and neighbouring countries. A first suicide attack by nigerias boko haram stratfor. December 2010 the abuja attacks april 22 2011 the yola jailbreak in which boko haram allegedly freed 14 prisoners suspected to be members of the group may 29 2011 multiple bombings in different locations in northern nigeria june 16 2011 bombing of the nigeria police headquarters, abuja. The sunni islamist group boko haram claimed the explosion.
Two people, including a bomber, have died in an explosion at nigerias police headquarters in the capital, abuja, the police say. Abuja the campaign of violence by the militant islamist group boko haram, including attacks on churches and suicide bombings in the first three weeks of. Suspected boko haram members have since attacked more than 60 police stations in at least 10 northern and central states and bombed the police headquarters in abuja. The suicide bomb assault at the police headquarters in abuja is not just a new tactics by the militant muslim sect known as boko haram, but a national disgrace on the security forces and agencies. Abuja bomber hits nigeria police headquarters bbc news. Boko haram and the kidnapping of the chibok schoolgirls. Timeline of boko haram attacks and related violence nigeria. A leading boko haram figure named usman alzawahiri reiterated this claim shortly after claiming responsibility for the attack on the police headquarters, adding that the militants had come home just five days before and were now scattered across northern nigeria and the capital, preparing to wage attacks. Boko haram, islamist religious sect in nigeria advocate. While most boko haram attacks are carried out in the north, it has previously targeted abuja. We are responsible for the bomb attack on the police headquarters in abuja which was to prove a point to all those who doubt our capability. A spokesperson from the sunni islamist group boko haram later claimed responsibility at about 11.
Deadly suicide blast, boko haram attack in northeastern nigeria. About 185 killed at churches, police stations and government offices. Three 3 people were killed and many vehicles damaged. Suicide bomb blast at abuja police headquarters our. It launched a string of ied attacks against soft targets and its first vehicleborne ied attack on 16 june 2011, killing six at abujas police headquarters.
Boko haram attacks timeline world news the guardian. Boko haram members attacked and occupied police stations in geiam and kanamma in yobe state, raising the flag of the afghanistan taliban unknown killed, unknown wounded. The most significant changes to boko harams operations have been a departure from highprofile operations with international implicationssuch as the suicide attack on the united nations headquarters in abuja on august 26, 2011and an escalation of attacks on nigerian christians as well as a renewed focus on attacks against the nigerian. Since the group remerged in 2010, suspected boko haram members have attacked more than 60 police stations and police facilities in at least 10 northern and central states, and abuja, and killed at. The attack occurred on 16 june 2011, when a suicide bomber drove a car bomb onto the premises of the louis edet house in abuja, the headquarters of the nigeria police force. Some of boko harams worst attacks in nigeria usa today. Blast rocks police headquarters in nigeria niger news. Boko haram, which has been behind almost daily shootings and attacks with homemade bombs in the remote northeast, was the prime suspect in fridays car bombing of the united nations abuja. Boko haram attacksmassacre and casualties in nigeria. Nigerian police headquarters, abuja, bombed by a suspected suicide bomber. Boko harm attacks police sars headquarter office in abuja. Last week, nigerias boko haram movement claimed responsibility for a bombing at the police headquarters in the capital abuja. Boko haram claim suicide bombing of police hq, ig of police their target nigerian radical islamist sect, boko haram, has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on police headquarters in the capital abuja that killed two, saying their target was the police chief. The brutal toll of boko harams attacks on civilians.
A spokesman claiming responsibility for the attack, in which. Some 80 people have been killed in boko haram bh attacks in. Blast rocks police headquarters in nigeria powerful bomb claimed by boko haram explodes inside police car park in abuja, the capital, killing at least two people. Boko haram have carried out many attacks against the military, police and civilians since 2009 mostly in nigeria, but also in cameroon, chad and niger. Boko haram is an extremist militant group whose name translates as western education is forbidden.
Boko haram gained widespread exposure in july 2009 when, after an incident in which group members were allegedly subjected to the excessive use of force by police and then were unable to get official investigation into the matter, the group launched attacks on police posts and other government installations, killing scores of police officers. A comprehensive look at the history of attacks by nigeria. A purported boko haram spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack and promised future targeting of us and nigerian government interests. The nigerian army has uncovered plans by boko haram terrorists to hit locations in lagos, kano, sokoto, kebbi, bauchi, katsina, imo, yobe and borno states as well as the federal capital territory. The nigerian militant group boko haram conducted a series of bombing attacks and armed assaults jan. The 2011 abuja police headquarters bombing was believed to be the first suicide bombing in nigerias history. Deadly suicide blast, boko haram attack in nigeria. Abuja, nigeria cnn a bomber whose blast thursday killed at least. Blast rocks police headquarters in nigeria niger news al jazeera. Soon after the kidnapping, reports surfaced that boko haram may have transferred many of the girls from nigeria to cameroon, chad and as far as central african republics birao region near sudan. The attack occurred on 16 june 2011, when a suicide bomber drove a car. Nations building and police headquarters in abuja, the nations capital.
He may have been trying to kill inspectorgeneral of police hafiz ringim, whose convoy he. President goodluck jonathan says boko haram has infiltrated government, including the executive, national assembly and the judiciary. Nigerians were still waiting for government to fulfill its promise when another bomb attack was meted out to the police headquarters in abuja. Nigerias boko haram militants remain a regional threat. Boko haram launches bomb attacks and heavy gun battles in kano targeting the police headquarters. Boko haram stormed kankara police station in kastina state. On 16 june, a twin bombing rocked the nigeria police headquarters in abuja. Suspected boko haram militants killed at least 11 people including three aid workers in an. Boko haram has been receiving more attention from the international. Suspected boko haram suicide bomber kills 54 in northeastern nigeria read more kuje, near abujas airport, is 40 kilometres 25 miles west. Abuja the bombings by the militant islamist group boko haram. Dozens killed by radical islamic sect in nigeria the new. Bh targets national police headquarters in abuja, killing two.
Below is a chronology of violence relating to boko haram and the governments police and military crackdown since january 2012. Boko haram is most active in northeastern nigeria, where a state of emergency was imposed in may. The islamist group, boko haram, says it carried out thursdays bombing of nigerias police headquarters which left at least six people dead. Boko haram has struck outside of its base in the northeast before. Timeline of the boko haram insurgency is the chronology of the boko haram insurgency, an ongoing armed conflict between nigerian islamist group boko haram including their offshoot ansaru and the nigerian government. Police headquarters bombing and our security i must confess that i am neither surprised by the brazen attack on the headquarters of the nigeria police, the almighty louis edet house in abuja, by members of the boko haram islamic sect, nor by the reaction of president goodluck jonathan. 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. Spiraling violence boko haram attacks and security force. Boko haram claim suicide bombing of police hq, ig of.
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