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Incident on 12 June 2012 [+] Print this page

Location: Limani Tamsuwa area of Budum, Maiduguri [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Violation types: House Burning [+] Violation of the Right to Adequate Housing [+]

Location


This incident took place in Limani Tamsuwa area of Budum, Maiduguri, Nigeria [+]

Description


According to Amnesty International: "On 12 June 2012, residents of the Limani Tamsuwa area of Budum, Maiduguri, interviewed by Amnesty International said they heard gunshots in Shehu North, a nearby community. The next day the JTF came and using petrol and lighters set fire to three tricycles, the community’s borehole and at least four shops. Several JTF raids have taken place in Budum, resulting in deaths, injuries and arrests of residents, and the burning down of buildings. Community elders say there are only a handful of people still living in the community." [+]

Perpetrator units

Name Other Names Classification
Joint Task Force Operation Restore Order I [+] JTF
JTF ORO
JTF Operation Restore Order
JTF in Borno State
JTF in Maiduguri, Borno State
JTORO
Joint Special Task Force in Maiduguri
Joint TASK Force MAIDUGURI
Joint Task Force (JTF) tagged "Operation Restore Peace"
Joint Task Force in Borno
Joint Task Force in Borno State
Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, Borno State
Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Order
ORO I
operation restore peace
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Joint Task Force [+]
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State Security Service (Internal Security) [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
01 November 2012 Amnesty International Trapped in the Cycle of Violence. AFR 44/043/2012. 27 September 2018