Major attacks blamed on Nigeria's Boko Haram

Major attacks blamed on Nigeria's Boko Haram

2009

• July - Attacks prompt government crackdown in Bauchi and Maiduguri; 800 people killed

2010

• December - Bombings in central Nigeria and church attacks in the northeast kill 86

2011
June - Attack on a bar in Maiduguri kills 25
August - Suicide bomber kills 23 at U.N. building in Abuja
November - Bombings in Damaturu and Potiskum kill 65
December - Christmas Day bombings across Nigeria kill 39

2012

• January -- Gun and bomb attacks in Kano up to 200
• February - Maiduguri market attack kills 30
• June - Suicide car bombings at three churches kill 21
• July - Attacks in Plateau state kill dozens, including two politicians at a funeral for the victims

2013

• February - French family kidnapped in Cameroon, held hostage for two months
• April - Fighting with troops in Baga kills up to 200; residents say troops set deadly fires
• May - Attacks in Bama kill more than 50
• July - Gunmen kill 30 at a school in Yobe
• August - Gunmen kill 44 at a mosque outside Maiduguri
• September - Gunmen kill 40 students at a post-secondary school in Yobe
• December - Militants attack military installations in Maiduguri

2014

• January - Militants kill 74 people and burn down a village in attacks in Borno and Adamawa
• February - Gunmen kill as many as 60 in attack on school in Yobe
• April - Militants abduct 276 schoolgirls
• June - Gunmen kill hundreds in massacres in Borno