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July 2015 Kukawa massacre

2015 CE · Niger, Africa · War

July 2015 Kukawa massacre
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On July 1, 2015, Boko Haram gunmen stormed the village of Kukawa, in Borno State and killed 97 people. According to an anonymous senior government official, the militants targeted mosques, which they believed taught a form of Islam that was too moderate.

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