Boko Haram by Ryan Kershner https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1 More Detailed time line up to 2013 en-us 2020-12-18 00:45:23 UTC 2025-10-19 14:30:16 UTC hello@padlet.com 18 Jan 2012: A key suspect in the 2011 Christmas Day bombing in Abuja, which killed more than 40 people, escapes police custody. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029887608 2020-12-18 00:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029887608 18 Jan 2012: A key suspect in the 2011 Christmas Day bombing in Abuja, which killed more than 40 people, escapes police custody. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029888054 2020-12-18 00:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029888054 13 Jan 2012: BH kills four and injures two others, including a policeman, in two separate attacks on pubs in Yola (Adawama State) and Gombe city in neighbouring Gombe State. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029888344 2020-12-18 00:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029888344 10 Jan 2012: A BH attack on a beer garden kills eight, including five policemen and a teenage girl, in Damaturu, capital of Yobe State. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029888703 2020-12-18 00:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029888703 7 Jan 2012: Three Christian poker players are killed and seven others wounded by BH gunmen in the town of Biu. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029889082 2020-12-18 00:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029889082 1 Jan 2012: President Goodluck Jonathan imposes a state of emergency on 15 local government areas hardest-hit by BH attacks, in Borno, Yobe and Plateau states. He orders the closure of Nigerian borders in the north. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029889665 2020-12-18 00:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029889665 2002: Mohammed Yusuf founded Boko Haram in 2002, establishing a mosque called Markaz as the headquarters of his movement, following his expulsion from two mosques in Maiduguri by Muslim clerics for propagating his radical views. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029892042 2020-12-18 00:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029892042 23-31 December 2003: A group of about 200 members of a BH splinter group launched attacks on police stations in the towns of Kanamma and Geidam in Yobe State from their enclave outside Kanamma on the Nigerian border with Niger. The militants killed several policemen and requisitioned police weapons and vehicles. Following the deployment of military troops to contain the insurrection, 18 militants were killed, and a number arrested. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029892279 2020-12-18 00:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029892279 7 January 2004: Seven members of BH killed and three others arrested by a team of local vigilantes outside the town of Damboa, Borno State, near border with Chad. Bags containing AK-47 rifles were recovered from sect members. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029892752 2020-12-18 00:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029892752 23 September 2004: A BH splinter group launches a militia attack on police stations in the towns of Gwoza and Bama in Borno State, killing four policemen and two civilians. They took to the Mandara mountains along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. Soldiers and two gunships were deployed in the mountains and after two days of battle 27 sect members were killed while the rest slipped away. Five BH members who crossed into Cameroon were arrested by Cameroonian gendarmes who had been alerted by Nigerian authorities. The five were deported and handed over to Nigerian authorities. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029893036 2020-12-18 00:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029893036 10 October 2004: Gunmen from a BH splinter group attack a convoy of 60 policemen in an ambush near the town of Kala-Balge on the border with Chad. The militants took 12 policemen hostage and police authorities presumed they were killed by the gunmen because all attempts to trace them failed. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029893580 2020-12-18 00:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029893580 11-12 June 2009: BH leader Mohammed Yusuf threatens reprisals in a video recording to the president following the killing of 17 BH members in a joint military and police operation in Borno State. This was after a disagreement over BH members’ alleged refusal to use crash helmets while in a funeral procession to bury members who had died in a car accident. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029894086 2020-12-18 00:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029894086 26 July 2009: BH launches a short-lived uprising in parts of the north, which is quelled by a military crackdown that leaves more than 800 dead - mostly sect members, including BH leader Mohammed Yusuf. A mosque in the capital of Borno State (Maiduguri) that served as a sect headquarters is burnt down. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029894504 2020-12-18 00:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029894504 7 September 2010: A group of BH gunmen free over 700 inmates including around 100 sect members from a prison in Bauchi. Four people including a soldier, one policeman and two residents were killed in the raid. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029894804 2020-12-18 00:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029894804 29 December 2010: Suspected BH gunmen shoot dead eight people in Maiduguri, including the governorship candidate of the ruling All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Borno State. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029895381 2020-12-18 00:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029895381 27 May 2011: A group of around 70 suspected BH gunmen kill eight people including four policemen in simultaneous gun and bomb attacks on a police station, a police barracks and a bank in Damboa, Borno State, near the border with Chad. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029895775 2020-12-18 00:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029895775 29 May 2011: Three bombs rip through a beer garden in a military barracks in the northern city of Bauchi, killing 13 and wounding 33. BH claims responsibility. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029897204 2020-12-18 00:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029897204 2 December 2013: Around 200 BH gunmen dressed as soldiers launch coordinated attacks on an air force base, a military barracks and a nearby checkpoint in Maiduguri. They burn buildings and five aircraft, and kill dozens of soldiers and civilians. The attacks prompt a round-the-clock curfew in the city and the suspension of flights. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029901090 2020-12-18 00:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029901090 28 November 2013: BH insurgents kill 17 residents of Sabon Gari Village, in Damboa District, 90km from Maiduguri, during a raid in which over 100 shops and several vehicles are burned. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029901541 2020-12-18 00:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029901541 23 November 2013: BH gunmen kill 12 residents, burn several homes and steal vehicles in an attack on Sandiya Village, 85km outside Maiduguri. It is a response to the villagers’ alleged collaboration with troops. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029902033 2020-12-18 00:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029902033 21 November 2013: Suspected BH gunmen kill three vigilantes in the Kasuwar Gwari area of Yola for their collaboration with troops. Gunmen kill four policemen in an ambush on a police patrol vehicle in the Bauchi State capital, Bauchi. Wahabi Islamic group Izala calls for the release of Mohammed Nazeef Yunus, a lecturer of Islamic studies arrested for being an alleged BH spiritual leader in central Kogi State. Izala insists he was framed. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029902299 2020-12-18 00:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029902299 19 November 2013: Troops kill two BH gunmen and recover arms during a raid on a hideout in the Gayawa area of Kano. The raid follows the earlier arrest of two armed BH members at a checkpoint in neighbouring Katsina State. Maiduguri residents nab a teenager spying for BH in the city. The Nigeria Defence Acadamy says it is modifying its training in response to Nigeria’s security challenges, especially BH militancy. Gunmen kill a police officer and injure another in an attack on a police station in Kwami District of Gombe State. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029903314 2020-12-18 00:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029903314 9 November 2013: Five BH insurgents and two soldiers are killed in shootouts during raids on two BH hideouts in Kano, following Intel reports that gunmen were planning suicide attacks in Kano and Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029903797 2020-12-18 00:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029903797 25 February 2013: A video appears on YouTube of seven kidnapped members of a French family with their abductors, who claimed to be from BH, demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades. France condemns the video as a shocking "display of the kidnappers' cruelty”. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029905033 2020-12-18 00:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029905033 9 March 2013: A video posted online claims to show the bodies of at least some of the seven foreign hostages believed killed by Ansaru following their abduction in northern Nigerian town of Jama’are. Lebanon is still trying to confirm the fate of two Lebanese, while Britain, Italy and Greece - whose national are among the hostages - say the murder claim appears to be true. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029905359 2020-12-18 00:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/qzu8smlxqagnggu1/wish/1029905359