2011 Abuja police headquarters bombing

2011 Abuja police headquarters bombing
Location Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
Date 16 June 2011
Target Hafiz Ringim
Attack type
 Suicide car bombing
Weapons Car bomb
Deaths 2 to 6 (including the perpetrator)
Perpetrators Boko Haram

The 2011 Abuja police headquarters bombing was believed to be the first suicide bombing in Nigeria's history.[1] The attack occurred on 16 June 2011, when a suicide bomber drove a car bomb onto the premises of the Louis Edet House in Abuja, the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force.[2] He may have been trying to kill Inspector-General of Police Hafiz Ringim, whose convoy he followed into the compound, but he was stopped by security before he could do so.[3]

It was confirmed that the bomber and a traffic policeman were killed, although authorities said there may have been up to six casualties.[2]

The Sunni Islamist group Boko Haram claimed the explosion.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brock, Joe (17 June 2011). "Nigerian Islamist sect claims bomb attack: paper". Reuters. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 Two die in Abuja bombing Archived 20 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. The Nation, 16 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Force hqtrs bombing: Suicide bomber was a foreigner — Interim report Vanguard, 17 June 2011.
  4. ↑ Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists 'bombed Abuja police HQ'


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