Incident Summary:

09/29/2013: Assailants opened fire on students at the College of Agriculture in Gujba city, Yobe state, Nigeria. At least 40 people were killed and another 18 were injured in the assault; additionally, several classrooms were set on fire. No group claimed responsibility; however, officials attributed the attack to Boko Haram.

Overview

GTD ID:
201309290001

When:
2013-09-29

Country:
Nigeria

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Yobe

City:
Gujba

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Educational Institution
Name of Entity	College of Agriculture
Specific Description	Students
Nationality of Target	Nigeria

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	Yes
Extent of Property Damage	Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage	Unknown

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Firearms	Unknown Gun Type
Incendiary	Arson/Fire

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No
Additional Information	Casualty numbers for this incident conflict across sources. Following GTD protocol, the majority estimates are reported here.

Who

Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name	Claimed Responsibility
Boko Haram	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	40 Fatalities / 18 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	40
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	18
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources

"At least 47 students killed in night-time raid," Xinhua News Agency, September 30, 2013."
"Gunmen kill at least 26 in attack on Nigerian college," Reuters, September 29, 2013."
"Gunmen attack college in Nigeria," BBC, September 29, 2013."