source: Daily Trust (Nigeria); Twitter; HumAngle; Daily Leadership (Nigeria); Sun (Nigeria)
actor1: Islamic State (West Africa) - Lake Chad Faction
actor2: Military Forces of Nigeria (2015-)
location: Buratai
notes: On 10 January 2022, military forces repelled ISWAP militants in about 10 gun trucks that attacked the Tukur buratai institute for war and peace in Buratai (Biu, Borno); two civilian staff of the institute were killed. ISWAP claimed the attack and the killing of ten soldiers; two armored vehicles and 5 cars were burnt, three motorcycles, weapons and ammunition were seized. Fatalities coded as 12.