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The massacre occurred on 11 February 2014 in Konduga, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. [1] The village where the attack occurred was predominantly Christian. Dressed in military gear, dozens of attackers raided the village. Some of their victims were shot; others had their throats slit. By the end of February 15, 2014, 121 people had been killed.
Videos of the inside of the church showed bodies of victims lying in pools of blood across the floor. [4] [10] After the attack the gunmen fled using a stolen Nissan Sunny. [5] A priest who survived the massacre said that the attack took place when the church "[was] about to round off service. I had even asked people to start leaving, that was ...
Today, religious violence in Nigeria is dominated by the Boko Haram insurgency, which aims to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria. [50] Since the turn of the 21st century, 62,000 Nigerian Christians have been killed by the terrorist group Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and other groups. [48] [49] The killings have been referred to as a silent ...
Religious riots between Christians and Muslims over the introduction of sharia law in Kaduna State, start of the religious riots phase of the Sharia conflict in Nigeria. 2001 Jos riots: 2001-09-07 to 2001-09-17 Jos: 500–5000 [15] Religious riots between Christians and Muslims. Zaki Biam Massacre: 2001-10-20 to 2001-10-24 Benue State: Over 200 ...
Forty people were killed in a massacre at a Catholic church in Nigeria's Ondo State on Sunday and 61 survivors are still being treated in hospital, the state governor said on Thursday.
In January in Nigeria, Boko Haram attacked Mubi, Yola and Gombi – all in Adamawa State – in addition to Maiduguri and Kano. During the same month, Abubakar Shekau, a former deputy to Yusuf, appeared in a video posted on YouTube. According to Reuters, Shekau took control of the group after Yusuf's death in 2009. [123]
53,350 Christians killed since the Islamic uprising in July 2009, with 31,350 of those deaths occurring from June 2015 to May 2023. [40] The killings have been referred to as a silent genocide. [41] [42] [43] Persecution of Christians in Nigeria is pervasive and ongoing. "Christians are also routinely denied land to build churches.
February 2015 Nigeria bombings – A male suicide bomber killed 17 people at a bus station in Potiskum. [80] February 2015 Nigeria bombings - Two male suicide bombers killed 10 people at a bus station in Kano. [80] Chadian soldiers killed over 200 Boko Haram fighters in a clash near the town of Gamboru, close to the Cameroon-Nigeria border. A ...