location: Sofo-Birnin-Gwari
notes: Unidentified gunmen attack the villages of Goron Dutse, Gwaska and Unguwar Nabango of Birnin Gwari in the early hours of the morning, killing three (some sources claim five deaths) and displacing as many as 3,000. Following the attack the gunmen holed themselves up in a primary school.
target_text: location: Sofo-Birnin-Gwari, fatalities: 3