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Injured. 100–500. Perpetrator. Boko Haram. On 4 November 2011, a series of coordinated shootings and suicide bombings on northern Nigerian cities killed more than 100 people and injured hundreds more. A spokesperson for the Sunni Muslim terrorist group Boko Haram later claimed responsibility and promised "more attacks are on the way."
In September 2011 the Nigerian Department of State Security alleged that Mamman Nur was the mastermind behind the attack and offered a ₦26 million (US$160,000) bounty. [5] [6] Also four men appeared in an Abuja magistrates' court charged with organising the bombing, and were remanded in custody to a federal high court hearing.
December 2011 Northern Nigeria attacks: 2011-12-25 Madalla: 41+ [29] 73 injured;Militants bombed a Catholic church January 5–6, 2012 Nigeria attacks: 2012-01-05,06 Mubi, Yola, Gombi, and Maiduguri: 37+ [30] Terrorists attacked communities; Boko Haram claimed responsibility January 20, 2012 Nigeria attacks: 2012-01-20 Kano: 185 [31]
57+. A series of attacks occurred during Christmas Day church services in northern Nigeria on 25 December 2011. There were bomb blasts and shootings at churches in Madalla, Jos, Gadaka, and Damaturu. A total of 41 people were reported dead. Boko Haram, a Muslim sect in Nigeria, later claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The perpetrator of the attack was Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian born into a wealthy-class family. [33] [44] Abdulmutallab was raised in Kaduna, in Nigeria's Muslim-dominated north, a place he returned to on his vacations. [45] [46] In high school at the British International School in Lomé, Togo. [26]
The May 2011 northern Nigeria bombings happened in several towns in northern Nigeria on 29 May 2011. The blasts happened just a few hours after Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as Nigeria's president. [1] Boko Haram was suspected in the attacks.
Kut, Najaf, Kirkuk, Kerbala and Tikrit, Iraq. 15 August 2011 Iraq attacks. Series of coordinated attacks across various cities. The deadliest assault took place in Kut, where a roadside bomb followed by a car bomb targeting police killed at least 37 and wounded 68.
December 2011 Nigeria clashes. The December 2011 Nigeria clashes happened in several towns in northern Nigeria in late December 2011, within the context of the Boko Haram insurgency. A major confrontation between suspected Boko Haram members and security forces broke out in the city of Damaturu on 22 December 2011 and continued into the next day.