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Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-general's office said. A Boko Haram ...
Another survivor, Hannatu Stephen, 26, who was freed in 2017, lost a leg during an air raid by the Nigerian military on a Boko Haram hideout. Six of her friends were killed in the bombing, she said.
The Boko Haram fighters were led by Bakura Doro. The battles at Allura Kurnawa and Kangar lasted for 13 hours and left 30 militants on both sides dead. [5] The Boko Haram fighters led by Doro later fled to a hideout on the border of Niger. [5] The ISWAP fighters were forced to flee from the area.
On 30 October, militants raided the Gurokayeya village on motorbikes at around 19:30 GMT and shot at villagers sporadically, killing at least 17. [1] [2] A resident of the village and an anti-jihadist militia stated that the attack occurred when villagers refused to pay an illicit tax to the terrorists.
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād [23] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad'), [24] is a self-proclaimed jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [12]
In the aftermath, Major General Bashir Magashi released photos of 69 high-profile inmates still unaccounted for, including many members of Boko Haram. [12] This number was bumped down to 64 in the following days. [6] The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on the day of, calling it "Breaking the Walls campaign". [6]
The Gwoza massacre was a terrorist event that occurred on 2 June, 2014 in the Gwoza local government district, Borno State near the Nigerian-Camerounian border.. Militants (presumably from Boko Haram) dressed as soldiers slaughtered hundreds of civilians in the villages of Goshe, Attagara, Agapalwa and Aganjara.
Dozens of the girls who were abducted in the town of Chibok in 2014 managed to flee to safety in the initial melee, but more than 200 are still missing.