location: Sofo-Birnin-Gwari
notes: About 60 (some sources claim 100) armed men attacked Birnin Gwari town in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing six people, including five police before burning down a police station and robbing two banks of huge sums of money. The perpetrators were later identified as Boko Haram.
target_text: location: Sofo-Birnin-Gwari, fatalities: 6