Boko Haram Timeline of terror

Boko Haram: Timeline of terror

·         2002: Founded

·         2009: Hundreds killed when Maiduguri police stations stormed

·         2009: Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf captured by army, handed to police, later found dead

·         Sep 2010: Freed hundreds of prisoners from Maiduguri jail

·         Dec 2010: Bombed Jos, killing 80 people and blamed for New Year's Eve attack on Abuja barracks

·         2010-2011: Dozens killed in Maiduguri shootings

·         May 2011: Bombed several states after president's inauguration

·         June 2011: Police HQ bombed in Abuja

·         Aug 2011: UN HQ bombed in Abuja

·         Nov 2011: Co-ordinated bomb and gun attacks in Yobe and Borno states

·         Dec 2011: Multiple bomb attacks on Christmas Day kill dozens