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Incident on 18 June 2014 [+] Print this page

Location: Gwoza, Borno [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Violation types: Extrajudicial Execution [+]

Perpetrator classifications: Military [+]

Location


This incident took place in Gwoza, Borno, Nigeria [+]

Description


According to Amnesty International: "EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION OF 12 MEN IN CHIKIDE, 18 JUNE 2014 On 18 June 2014, Nigerian soldiers detained nine men from the village of Chikide, Gwoza Local Government Area about 105 km from Maiduguri, and three men from the nearby village of Ngoshe. The bodies of all 12, with marks that suggested that they had been killed, were discovered the following day." [+]

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military. 44/1657/2015. 27 September 2018