A bomber targeted a tea vendor’s joint where CJTF members had taken a break to eat dinner. The explosion killed seven CJTF members .
11 Jul 2017 · Molai area, Maiduguri, Borno
Deaths
7
Injured
6
Kidnapped
0
Total casualties
13
Perpetrators
Boko Haram
Response
Danbatta Bello, spokesman for the Civilian JTF, provided a detailed account of the attacks on his members, describing how the bombers targeted their checkpoints and tea vendor joints
Displacement
0
Socioeconomic drivers
Exploiting a guard rotation. Insurgents observed that checkpoints are weakest when the men gather to eat.
Trajectory
No longer attacking random crowds, the group used suicide bombers as "Human Guided Missiles" to take out the specific neighborhood units that knew the local terrain best.
Cycle notes
Mirrored earlier Boko Haram attacks on local vigilante and auxiliary security forces, such as repeated strikes on CJTF positions in Borno and other ambush-style assaults on community defenders, reflecting a recurring tactic of targeting informal security actors during moments of vulnerability in civilian settings to weaken local resistance, disrupt intelligence support to the military, and assert control over urban peripheries of Maiduguri through suicide bombings embedded in everyday social spaces like tea stalls and checkpoints.
Pattern
Civilian JTF Targeting and Suicide Bombings
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