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Incident on 22 May 2012 [+] Print this page

Location: Lawan Bukar Junction neighborhood, Maiduguri [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Violation types: Violations of the right to life [+]

Perpetrator classifications: Military [+]

Location


This incident took place in Lawan Bukar Junction neighborhood, Maiduguri, Nigeria [+]

Description


According to Human Rights Watch: "In Maiduguri, a resident of the Lawan Bukar Junction neighborhood told Human Rights Watch that on May 22, 2012 soldiers raided the neighborhood and killed an unarmed man who was hiding in a tailor’s shop, before burning the property. He said: They came with jerry cans and threw gasoline on the stores. In mine, they tried to light the shop with matches, but the flames didn’t spread…. But then they went to other stores and burned them. One shop sold generators, another grinding machines, one even kola nuts. I think 13 in all [were burned]. They also burned some cars. At one, a tailor shop, a man named Ibrahim, who is the son of the owner, was caught inside. When he tried to get out, they shot him and he fell back into the shop. They threw gasoline in and set it on fire…. The next day, we went in and found Ibrahim’s body. He was so badly burned that when we began to drag it [out], a leg came off." [+]

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
11 October 2012 Human Rights Watch Spiraling Violence: Boko Haram Attacks and Security Force Abuses in Nigeria. 27 September 2018