Confronting the Terrorism of Boko Haram in Nigeria - Resourcedat

JSOU Report 12-5––––––––136October 22, 2010: In the village of Kandahar near Ganuwa, unidentifiedmilitants attacked and killed a local village head, MohammedTukur.*November 19, 2010: In Maiduguri, two unidentified militants ridingmotorcycles and armed with Kalashnikov style rifles fired upon andkilled three people in front of the Gomari Jumat Wahabi mosque.*November 29, 2010: In Borno, a militant armed with a firearm, twoswords, and a knife attempted to kill a village chief in the chief’scompound.*December 24, 2010: In Jos, 38 people were killed and 74 others wereinjured when militants detonated four improvised explosive devicesmade with dynamite in the Kabong shopping market just minutesapart from one another. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for theattack. Meanwhile, a private security guard in Maiduguri was killedby militants in two vehicles when they fired on him with unknownfirearms and threw an unknown number of petrol bombs at theSinimari Church of Christ. The group also threw petrol bombs at theDala Baptist Church, setting it on fire. Five people including a pastorwere killed and 25 other people were injured when militants attackedthe Victory Baptist Church with firearms and petrol bombs. BokoHaram claimed responsibility for these attacks as well.December 24, 2010: Triple bomb blasts in the city of Jos killed over80 people and wounded several dozen others, while over 100 peoplewere killed in the reprisal attacks in its aftermath. In a statementpublished on what is thought to be its website, http://mansoorah.ne,Boko Haram claimed responsibility. 351December 28, 2010: In the Zinnari area of Maiduguri, unidentifiedmilitants fired on a teaching hospital and killed one policeman andtwo civilians.*December 31, 2010: In the neighborhood of Jikowyi in Abuja city,unidentified militants detonated an improvised explosive device atthe Dunamis Church.*January 28, 2011: the Borno state candidate of the All Nigeria People’sParty (ANPP) for the April 2011 gubernatorial elections was assassinated,along with his brother, four police officers and a 12-year oldboy. Boko Haram was blamed for the killings, though there is somedebate about this. 352