The Madagali suicide bombings occurred on 9 December 2016 when 2
women suicide bombers attack
Madagali
Madagali or Madagli is a town and Local Government Area, local government area in Adamawa State, Nigeria, adjacent to the Cameroon–Nigeria border, border with Cameroon.
History
The LGA was created in 1991 when Taraba State was created out of ...
, a town in
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
. The attack killed at least 57 people and injured 177. Among those individuals injured 120 were reported to be children. "Officials have blamed the
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 ...
Islamic extremists."
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List of terrorist incidents in December 2016
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Timeline of ISIL-related events (2016)
References
2016 murders in Nigeria
Mass murder in 2016
2010s massacres in Nigeria
Suicide bombings in Nigeria
Terrorist incidents in Nigeria in 2016
December 2016 crimes in Africa
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