2014_Gamboru_Ngala_attack
2014 Gamboru Ngala massacre
Militant attack in Nigeria
On the night of 5-6 May 2014, Boko Haram militants attacked the twin towns of Gamboru and Ngala in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.[2] About 310 residents were killed in the 12-hour massacre, and the town was largely destroyed.[1][3][2]
During the same night, Boko Haram abducted eight girls aged between 12–15 from northeast Nigeria,[4][5] a number later raised to eleven.[6]