Incident Summary:

03/00/2016: Sometime between February 28 and March 5, 2016 assailants raided Suswam, Benue, Nigeria. At least 41 civilians were killed in the raid. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Fulani militants.

Overview

GTD ID:
201603020059

When:
2016-03-02

Country:
Nigeria

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

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

City:
Suswam

What

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

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity	Not Applicable
Specific Description	Farmers
Nationality of Target	Nigeria

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	No

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Firearms	Unknown Gun Type

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	The victims included Terhembafan Akaajingir.

Who

Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name	Claimed Responsibility
Fulani extremists	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	41 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	41
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	0
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Gunmen kill 6 farmers in Benue," Latest Nigerian News.com, March 12, 2016."