Event

Gurokayeya massacres

30 Oct 2023 · 12.00° N, 11.50° E

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When
30 Oct 2023
Kind
Event
Coordinates
12.00° N, 11.50° E

Placed at the area around the region it links, Yobe State.

Summary

2023 Yobe State attacks: At least seventeen people are killed in Gurokayeya, Yobe State when Boko Haram-aligned gunmen storm the village, attacking residents with explosives and firearms when they reportedly refuse to a pay a tax to the terrorists.

Gurokayeya massacres

2023 Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria

Between 30 and 31 October 2023, two attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram killed at least 40 people. In the first attack, which took place on 30 October, Boko Haram militants shot up villagers who did not pay their taxes, killing at seventeen. The following day, a convoy of mourners hit a Boko Haram-placed landmine on the way to the funeral for the prior day's victims.

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