The January 2014 Northern Nigeria attacks were a set of terrorist massacres that occurred in January 2014 at Kawuri,

Borno state Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...

and in Chakawa village, Madagali Local Government Area,

Adamawa State Adamawa state () is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Borno to the northwest, Gombe to the west, and Taraba to the southwest, while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon. It tak ...

respectively (on 2 separate occasions in the latter location). All of the attacks have been blamed on

Boko Haram Boko Haram, officially known as ''Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād'' ( ar, جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit=Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad), is an Islamic terrorist organization ...

. On 31 January, a pastor and 10 members of his congregation were killed in Chakawa.

26 January

The night of 26 January saw a pair of simultaneous attacks at Kawuri,

and a Catholic church in Chakawa village, Madagali Local Government Area,

respectively. In Kawuri, a village in Konduga Local Government,

Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...

(located some 37 kilometers southeast of

Maiduguri Maiduguri is the capital and the largest city of Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border form ...

), some 85 people were slain overnight. The attacks have been blamed on

. In Chakawa (also known as Waga Chakawa) the throats of several church worshippers were slit, while others were shot. An estimated 31 people were killed, but this was revised to the figure of 41. The final death toll has been put at least 138 people.Ndahi Marama & Umar Yusuf, January 29, 2014
Adamawa church attack: Death toll rises to 138.
Vanguard Nigeria.

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