2009 Boko Haram uprising

2009 Boko Haram uprising
Part of Boko Haram insurgency
Date26–29 July 2009
Location
 Nigeria
10°19′01″N 9°51′00″E / 10.317°N 9.85°E / 10.317; 9.85
Result Violence quelled
Belligerents
Boko Haram Nigerian Government
Commanders and leaders
Mohammed Yusuf Executed
Abubakar Shekau Bakura Doro		 Umaru Yar'Adua
Ibrahim Geidam
Ali Modu Sheriff
Isa Yuguda
Saleh Maina
Christopher Dega
Casualties and losses
Around 1,000 dead total, mostly[specify] civilians[1][2]
Bauchi is located in Nigeria
Bauchi
Bauchi
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The battles began in Bauchi and quickly spread to Maiduguri, Potiskum and Wudil.

The 2009 Boko Haram uprising was a conflict between Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group, and Nigerian security forces.

  1. ^ Umar, Sani (2011). "The Discourses of Salafi Radicalism and Salafi Counter-radicalism in Nigeria : A Case-study of Boko Haram". Northwestern University: 12. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Bavier, Jow (17 February 2012). "Nigeria: Boko Haram 101". Pulizer Center on Crisis Reporting. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.