Nguetchewe attack

Nguetchewe attack
Part of Boko Haram insurgency
LocationIDP camp in Guirbala neighborhood, Nguetchewe, Far North Region, Cameroon
DateAugust 1-2, 2020
5:30am
TargetVigilante outpost (first attack)
IDP camp (second attack)
Deaths19 killed
  • 17 civilians killed
  • 2 suicide bombers killed
Injured16
Victims1,500 refugees as a result of the attack
Perpetrator Boko Haram

Between August 1 and 2, 2020, militants from Boko Haram attacked an IDP camp in the Guirbala neighborhood of Nguetchewe, Far North Region, Cameroon. Seventeen civilians were killed in the attack, and two child suicide bombers from Boko Haram helped conduct the attack.