What the records say
- When
- 7 Dec 2021
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 30
- Coordinates
- 17.00° N, 10.00° E
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Sokoto bus massacre
On 7 December 2021, armed men attacked a bus in Sokoto State in northwestern Nigeria. The gunmen, apparently part of a bandit group, ambushed the vehicle on a road between Sabon Birni and Gidan Bawa. They set fire to the bus, killing about 30 people.
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