Wuse bombing

Wuse bombing
Part of Boko Haram insurgency

Location	Abuja, Federal Capital Territory
Date	25 June 2014
Target	Emab plaza
Attack type	Bombing
Deaths	21
Injured	17
Perpetrators	Boko Haram

Boko Haram insurgency

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Military operations
2009 uprising 2011 clashes Sokoto Damboa Chibok Konduga (2014) Cameroon Kolofata W Africa Niger (2015) Konduga (2015) Damasak Niger (2016) Rann Diffa Chad Basin Darak Boma's Wrath Garin Giwa Geidam Sambisa Forest (2021) Kwatar Daban Masara Toumbun Allura Karnawa and Toumbun Gini

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2010 Bauchi Jos & Maiduguri Abuja 2011 Bauchi, Maiduguri, Zaria & Zuba Abuja police HQ Abuja UN Damaturu, Kaduna & Maiduguri Damaturu, Gadaka, Jos & Madalla 2012 Gombi, Mubi, Maiduguri & Yola Kaduna (Apr) Damaturu Kaduna (Jun) Okene Mubi Maiduguri & Potiskum 2013 Kano Baga Mamudo Konduga Benisheik Gujba 2014 Maiduguri (Jan) Chakawa & Kawuri Kawuri Konduga massacre Lake Chad Izghe Buni Yadi (Feb) Abuja DSS Nyanya (Apr) Chibok Nyanya (May) Gamboru & Ngala Jos Buni Yadi (May) Mubi Gwoza Borno Kaduna & Abuja Wuse Maiduguri (Jul) Damboa Kogi Potiskum School bombing Maiduguri (Nov) Damasak Kano Gumsuri Gombe 2015 Malari Cameroon bus Baga Maiduguri (Jan) Fotokol massacre Damaturu, Potiskum & Kano Maiduguri (Mar) Damasak N'Djamena Monguno (Jun) Borno (30 Jun & 1 Jul) Potiskum, Jos & Borno Fotokol bombings Gombe Maiduguri & Monguno Baga Sola Yola Chad (Dec) 2016 Bodo Dalori Dikwa Maiduguri (Mar) Borno (Apr) Lake Chad Adamawa Cameroon Kuda Maiduguri (Oct) Madagali 2017 Maiduguri Mubi 2018 Konduga Dapchi Mubi 2019 Konduga Nganzai 2020 Gamboru Toumour Lake Chad & Borno Gubio Monguno and Nganzai Nguetchewe Kouyape Koshebe Pemi 2021 Maiduguri Mainok 2022 Kuje Ngouboua

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The Wuse bombing was a terrorist attack on the Emab plaza in Wuse, a district of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria.^[1]

Incident

The incident was reported to have occurred on June 25, 2014.^[2]^[3] The attack was launched by members of Boko Haram, an Islamic sect in northeastern Nigeria.^[4] Explosives were used in the attack, leaving 21 people dead^[5] and 17 seriously injured.^[6] The twin car bombing incident was said to have occurred around 4pm at a shopping mall.^[7] According to police report, about 40 vehicles were destroyed by this incident.^[8]

References

^ "21 killed, 17 injured as explosion rocks Wuse, Abuja". The Sun News. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
^ "U.S. Embassy Statement on Wuse II Bomb Blast (June 26, 2014)". U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Nigeria. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "Nigeria:Abuja blast in wuse District". ogadennews.com. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
^ "Abuja Bomb Blast". BBC News. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
^ "21 Die in Twin Car Bombs Near Nigeria Shopping Mall". NBC News. 25 June 2014.
^ "Bomb blast hits banex plaza Wuse II, Abuja". dailypost.ng. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
^ Abuja, Associated Press in (25 June 2014). "Deadly blast hits shopping mall in Nigerian capital Abuja". the Guardian.
^ Aminu Abubakr and Jessica King (25 June 2014). "Blast kills 21 at plaza in Nigerian capital". CNN.