March 2020 Chad and Nigeria massacres
On 23 March 2020, Islamists carried out massacres of soldiers in Chad and Nigeria.
| March 2020 Chad and Nigeria massacres | |
|---|---|
| Part of Boko Haram insurgency | |
| Location | Chad Gorgi, Borno State, Nigeria |
| Date | 23 March 2020 |
Attack type | Bombing Shooting |
| Weapons | Unknown |
| Deaths | 162 in total 92 in Chad 70 in Nigeria |
Starting at 5am, Boko Haram gunmen attacked a Chadian army base on an island in Lake Chad - killing 92 soldiers.[1] The insurgents destroyed army vehicles, stole weapons and left by speedboat.[1]
In the evening, insurgents with rocket-propelled grenades and other heavy weaponry ambushed an army lorry and incinerated it, killing about 70 Nigerian soldiers, in Gorgi, a village in Borno State in the northeast of the country.[2] Several other soldiers were injured and some others kidnapped.[2] The lorry was part of a convoy which was travelling from Maiduguri to an ISIL camp.[2]
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