Gamboru

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Gamboru
Gamboru (Nigeria)
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Coordinates 12 ° 22 '  N , 14 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 12 ° 22 '  N , 14 ° 13'  E
Basic data
Country Nigeria

State

Borno
ISO 3166-2 NG-BO
height 290 m
Residents 85,000 (2014)

Gamboru (or Gamburu ) is a small town in Borno in northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon .

attacks

  • On September 28, 2013, 27 people were killed in attacks by the Boko Haram in two suburbs of Gamboru, Fulatari and Kanumburi .
  • At least 14 people died in a suicide attack on a mosque in Gamboru on January 4, 2018. Only the muezzin survived.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Islamist Attack kills 125 in northeast Nigeria. In: The Irish Times . May 7, 2014, accessed November 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Death toll from islamist attack on nigerian market town hits 125. In: Reuters . May 7, 2014, accessed November 18, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Suicide attack on mosque - At least 14 dead in Nigeria. In: The daily newspaper . Retrieved November 18, 2018 .