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Nigeria's Boko Haram Militants Remain a Regional Threat
The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram conducted a series of bombing
attacks and armed assaults Jan. 20 in the northern city of Kano, the
capital of Kano state and second-largest city in Nigeria. The attacks,
which reportedly included the employment of at least two suicide
vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs), targeted a series
of police facilities in Kano. These included the regional police
headquarters, which directs police operations in Kano, Katsina and
Jigawa states, as well as the State Security Service office and the
Nigerian Immigration Service office. At least 211 people died in the
Kano attacks, according to media reports.
The group carried out a second wave of attacks in Bauchi state on Jan. 22, bombing two unoccupied churches in the Bauchi metropolitan area and attacking a police station in the Tafawa Balewa local government area. Militants reportedly also tried to rob a bank in Tafawa Balewa the same day. Though security forces thwarted the robbery attempt, 10 people reportedly died in the clash, including two soldiers and a deputy police superintendent. Read More »
The group carried out a second wave of attacks in Bauchi state on Jan. 22, bombing two unoccupied churches in the Bauchi metropolitan area and attacking a police station in the Tafawa Balewa local government area. Militants reportedly also tried to rob a bank in Tafawa Balewa the same day. Though security forces thwarted the robbery attempt, 10 people reportedly died in the clash, including two soldiers and a deputy police superintendent. Read More »
