A bomb planted inside a wheelbarrow exploded in Bayan Garin area of Bauchi city, a neighborhood known for clusters of bars and entertainment spots. The blast killed a 10-year-old boy (some reports say six-year-old) and wounded 10 others. The explosion occurred near a relaxation spot, sending panic through the area.
22 Jul 2012 · Bayan Garin area, Bauchi, Bauchi
Deaths
1
Injured
10
Kidnapped
0
Total casualties
11
Perpetrators
Boko Haram
Response
Bauchi State Police Commissioner Mohammed Ladan confirmed the incident. Red Cross official Adamu Abubakar reported that security forces cordoned off the area. JTF patrols increased around Bauchi city.
Displacement
0
Socioeconomic drivers
Symbolic targeting of bars and entertainment hubs, weak urban security.
Trajectory
It reinforced Boko Haram’s strategy of targeting civilian leisure hubs to instill fear and disrupt everyday social life.
Cycle notes
It mirrors the 10 January 2012 Boko Haram bombing of a beer garden in Damaturu, which killed eight people, including five police officers and a teenage girl.
Pattern
Attacks on Civilian Entertainment Spots
Related — Bombing/IED
A bombing and shooting attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on a beer parlour in the town of Mubi, Adamawa State. The attackers used improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and small arms to target civilians at the social venue.
A young female suicide bomber, estimated by witnesses to be between seven and ten years old, approached the entrance of the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) market in Potiskum, Yobe State, around 1:15 p.m. during peak business hours. Suspicious security guards and vigilantes, who had barred women from the market after previous attacks, prevented her from entering, sending her back four times because her age suggested she had no business in the market. The girl then tried to bypass the checkpoint by bending and attempting to pass under the ropes some distance from the guards‘ view. At that moment, she detonated the explosives strapped to her body. According to a local vigilante leader, five people (including the bomber) were killed and 19 injured. However, medical sources later reported that two of the injured had died, raising the death toll to seven.
Two female suicide bombers attacked a mosque during dawn prayers (Fajr). One bomber, disguised as a man, joined the first row of worshippers and detonated her explosives when the congregation stood for prayers . As survivors fled, the second bomber, who had waited outside, rushed in and detonated her device among them