Bauchi prison break

Bauchi prison break
Part of Boko Haram insurgency
LocationBauchi State, northern Nigeria
Date7 September 2010
TargetBauchi prison
Attack type
Prison break
Deaths5
Injured6
PerpetratorsBoko Haram
No. of participants
50
Defenders721 prisoners escaped

The Bauchi Prison break was an attack on the federal prison in the North-Eastern Nigerian city of Bauchi, in which members of Boko Haram released 721 prisoners.[1] The attack occurred on 7 September 2010, and was carried out by approximately 50 gunmen.[2] Of the 721 prisoners who escaped, as many as 150 were affiliated with the terrorist group Boko Haram.[1] The Bauchi prison break was part of a broader escalation of Boko Haram activity, that escalation served as retaliation for the death of one of the group's primary leaders.[3] Following this, Boko Haram has staged multiple subsequent attacks on government and religious targets in Bauchi state.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Kendhammer, Brandon; McCain (2018). Boko Haram. Athens: Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821423516.
  2. ^ "Nigerian gunmen free 800 in prison break". The Independent. 9 September 2010. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b Ajayi, A.I. (29 June 2012). "'Boko Haram' and terrorism in Nigeria: Exploratory and explanatory notes". Global Advanced Research Journal of History, Political Science and International Relations. 1: 103–107.
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