Boko Haram insurgents attacked two farmers working on their farm in Gudda village. The attackers slit the throats of both victims and left them in a pool of blood, fleeing only after confirming their deaths. The attack caused panic among residents, who subsequently fled to the neighboring Ladin Buta community for safety.
5 Mar 2018 · Gudda, Mafa, Borno
Deaths
2
Injured
0
Kidnapped
0
Total casualties
2
Perpetrators
Boko Haram
Response
No immediate official police or military response was documented for this specific incident
Displacement
0
Socioeconomic drivers
Boko Haram’s strategy of targeting civilians to punish perceived collaboration with the government and to intimidate rural populations.
Trajectory
Boko Haram continued low-intensity targeted attacks on soft civilian targets such as farmers to maintain pressure and undermine livelihoods in accessible rural areas near Maiduguri.
Cycle notes
Mirrored earlier Boko Haram attacks including the 19 November 2017 Dimge farmers’ execution involving beheading, the 1 September 2017 Banki IDP camp infiltration using knives and silent قتل tactics, the 9 September 2017 Kurmiri village attack targeting civilians with machetes, the 13 May 2017 killing of farmers during planting season, and the 2013–2015 wave of village raids involving throat-slitting and close-range executions across Borno, reflecting a recurring pattern of silent, close-range killings—such as throat-slitting and machete attacks—used against isolated rural civilians, particularly farmers, to avoid detection, instill fear, and reinforce control over agricultural zones near insurgent enclaves.
Pattern
Throat-slitting
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