December 18, 2014 (2014-12-18) (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gumsuri kidnapping
- News emerges, after survivors reach the city of Maiduguri, that suspected Boko Haram militants stormed the remote village of Gumsuri in north-eastern Nigeria on December 14, killing at least 33 people and kidnapping about 200. (BBC)
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