2021 Maiduguri rocket attacks

2021 Maiduguri rocket attacks
Part of the Boko Haram insurgency
Location of Borno State
LocationMaiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Date23 February 2021
WeaponsRocket-propelled grenades
Deaths10
Injured8+
PerpetratorBoko Haram

During the early evening of 23 February 2021, Boko Haram militants fired a series of rocket-propelled grenades in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.[1] The attacks killed at least 10 people; many others were injured.[2]

  1. ^ "Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Maiduguri rocket attack kills 10". BBC News. 24 February 2021.
  2. ^ Carsten, Paul (24 February 2021). Heinrich, Mark (ed.). "Suspected Islamist insurgents strike northeast Nigeria's main city, 10 dead". Reuters.