Location:
Gwoza nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa
Incident Date:
January 31, 2024
Instability Rating Max 5.0:
3.50
Deaths:
12
Fatalities type:
- Civilian
Wounded:
7
DESCRIPTION::
At least 12 loggers were killed in Borno State near the border with Cameroon, when their vehicle hit a landmine in an area where Boko Haram jihadists are active.
The loggers were on their way to the bush to collect firewood when the flat-bed vehicle conveying them rolled over a mine suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram jihadists on the highway outside Pulka village.
Seven other loggers were injured “out of which three are very critical and have been evacuated to Maiduguri for further medical attention”.