Bauchi prison break

Bauchi prison break
Part of Boko Haram insurgency
Location	Bauchi State, northern Nigeria
Date	7 September 2010
Target	Bauchi prison
Attack type	Prison break
Deaths	5
Injured	6
Perpetrators	Boko Haram
No. of participants	50
Defenders	721 prisoners escaped

The Bauchi Prison break was an attack on the federal prison in the North-Eastern Nigerian city of Bauchi, in which members of Boko Haram released 721 prisoners.^[1] The attack occurred on September 7, 2010, and was carried out by approximately 50 gunmen.^[2] Of the 721 prisoners who escaped, as many as 150 were affiliated with the terrorist group Boko Haram.^[1] The Bauchi prison break was part of a broader escalation of Boko Haram activity, that escalation served as retaliation for the death of one of the group's primary leaders.^[3] Following this, Boko Haram has staged multiple subsequent attacks on government and religious targets in Bauchi state.^[3][4]