2014 Gamboru Ngala massacre
| 2014 Gamboru Ngala massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Boko Haram insurgency | |
| Location | Gamboru & Ngala, Borno, Nigeria |
| Coordinates | 12°22′32″N 14°12′13″E / 12.37556°N 14.20361°E |
| Date | 5 May 2014 (WAT (UTC+1)) |
| Target | Gamboru, Ngala and its residents |
Attack type | Mass shooting, arson, mass murder |
| Weapons | AK-47s, RPGs |
| Deaths | At least 300 |
| Injured | Unknown |
| Perpetrator | Boko Haram |
On the night of 5–6 May 2014, Boko Haram militants attacked the twin towns of Gamboru and Ngala in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. About 310 residents were killed in the 12-hour massacre, and the town was largely destroyed.
During the same night, Boko Haram abducted eight girls aged between 12 and 15 from northeast Nigeria, a number later raised to eleven.