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Deaths. 100+. Between 23 and 25 June 2014, a series of attacks occurred in central Nigeria. On 23–24 June, gunmen attacked a number of villages in Kaduna State, killing around 150 people. The attack was blamed on Fulani tribesmen. On 25 June 2014, a bomb exploded at the Emab Plaza in the national capital of Abuja, killing at least 21 people.
On 14 April 2014 at about 6:45 am, two bombs exploded at a crowded bus station in Nyanya, Abuja, Nigeria, killing at least 88 people and injuring at least 200. The bus station is 8 km southwest of central Federal Capital Territory. [2][3][4][5][6] Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing six days later.
Injured. 73. The 2011 Abuja bombing was a car bomb explosion on Friday, 26 August 2011 in the Nigerian capital Abuja 's UN building that killed at least 21 and wounded 60. A spokesperson from the Sunni Islamist group Boko Haram later claimed responsibility. [1]
The October 2010 Abuja bombings, also referred to as the 2010 Nigeria Independence Day bombings, were two car bombings carried out against crowds celebrating the fiftieth anniversary (golden jubilee) of Nigeria 's independence in the capital city Abuja on the morning of 1 October 2010. The attacks left 12 dead and 17 injured.
Suicide bombing, Car bombing 6 7 Abuja, Nigeria: 2011 Abuja police headquarters bombing: A suicide bomber drove his car into the parking lot of a police HQ after picking up a traffic officer who guided him to the spot. At least 30 cars were destroyed in the explosion. [20] Boko Haram: 5 July Car bombing 21 28 Taji, Iraq: 2011 Taji bombings
Unknown. Deaths. 168 in total. 98 in Chad. 70 in Nigeria. On 23 March 2020, Islamists carried out massacres of soldiers in Chad and Nigeria.
The leaders of the 49th G7 summit visited the Memorial on May 19, 2023. [14] Domestically, the memorial is a common venue for anti-war, anti-nuclear weapons and anti-nuclear power movement in Japan protests. [15] The municipal government of Hiroshima holds annual Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony at the Memorial.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan.It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack at the end of World War II, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims (of whom there may have been as many as 140,000).