Yobe State school shooting | |
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Part of the Boko Haram insurgency | |
Location | Mamudo, Yobe State, Nigeria |
Date | 6 July 2013 |
Target | Government Secondary School |
Attack type | Arson, mass murder, mass shooting, school shooting, Islamic terrorism |
Deaths | 42 |
Injured | 6+ |
Perpetrators | Boko Haram |
On 6 July 2013, Boko Haram insurgents attacked the Government Secondary School in the village of Mamudo in Yobe State, Nigeria and killed at least 42 people. Most of the dead were students, though some staff members were also killed.[1]