Gubio massacre

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2025 During the afternoon of 9 June 2020, a massacre occurred in a village in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.

[1][2][3] A group of gunmen on motorcycles and other vehicles attacked the village for over two hours, killing at least 81 people.

[2][3] An Air Force fighter jet fired shots at the insurgents as they left.

[2] The insurgents returned the following morning, killing a herdsman who escaped the massacre, then set fire to the village.

[1][2] On the same day, a 200-strong gang attacked Kadisau, a village in Katsina State.