Kuje prison break | |||||||
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Part of Boko Haram insurgency | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
65 prison guards and soldiers | ~100 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed 3+ injured |
4 killed 13+ injured |
On July 5, 2022, the Islamic State launched a coordinated attack on Kuje prison, near the Nigerian capital of Abuja. The attack killed five people and freed 879 inmates, although almost half were recaptured in the following days.
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