Sokoto bus massacre | |
Location: | Sokoto State |
Date: | December 7, 2021 |
Partof: | the Nigerian bandit conflict |
Fatalities: | 30 |
On 7 December 2021, armed men attacked a bus in Sokoto State in northwestern Nigeria.[1] The gunmen, apparently part of a bandit group, ambushed the vehicle on a road between Sabon Birni and Gidan Bawa.[2] They set fire to the bus, killing about 30 people.