Gunmen stormed Danmaliki Primary School in the Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano city. Just as classes were about to begin, two armed men entered the compound, ordered teachers to lie down, and then opened fire. At least four teachers, including the headmaster, were injured before the attackers fled on a stolen motorcycle. The school was immediately shut down.
12 Mar 2013 · Danmaliki suburb, Kumbotso, Kano
Deaths
0
Injured
4
Kidnapped
0
Total casualties
4
Perpetrators
Boko Haram
Response
Police confirmed the attack and security was tightened around schools in Kano.
Displacement
0
Socioeconomic drivers
Boko Haram’s hostility toward Western-style education, aiming to intimidate teachers and disrupt schooling.
Trajectory
Marked Boko Haram’s shift from burning schools to directly attacking teachers, foreshadowing later killings of teachers and abductions of students.
Cycle notes
Mirrors 29 July 2009 Success International School arson—early markers of Boko Haram's hit-and-run campaign against educators to terrorize and disrupt Western-style schooling.
Pattern
Targeting of Schools & Teachers
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