2011 Abuja police headquarters bombing

Terrorist incident in Nigeria 2011 Abuja police headquarters bombing 16 June 2011 Abuja, FCT, Nigeria Hafiz Ringim Car bomb Suicide car bombing 2 to 6 (including the perpetrator) Boko Haram title,inline July 2013 January 2024 The first suicide bombing in Nigeria's history Joe Brock Nigerian Islamist sect claims bomb attack: paper 17 June 2011 https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE75G0BF20110617?sp=true https://web.archive.org/web/20120119060218/http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE75G0BF20110617?sp=true dead 19 January 2012 Reuters 17 June 2011 occurred on 16 June 2011, when a suicide bomber drove a car bomb onto the premises of the Louis Edet House in Abuja, the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force.Two die in Abuja bombing https://web.archive.org/web/20110620144822/http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/9659-two-die-in-abuja-bombing.html 20 June 2011 The Nation, 16 June 2011. He may have been trying to kill Inspector-General of Police Hafiz Ringim, whose convoy he followed into the compound, but he was stopped by security before he could do so.Force hqtrs bombing: Suicide bomber was a foreigner – Interim report Vanguard, 17 June 2011. It was confirmed that the bomber and a traffic policeman were killed, although authorities said there may have been up to six casualties. The Sunni Islamist group Boko Haram claimed the explosion.Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists 'bombed Abuja police HQ' See also 2011 Abuja United Nations bombing References Category:2011 murders in Nigeria Category:Suicide bombings in 2011 Category:21st century in Abuja Category:Boko Haram bombings Category:2011 mass murders Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Nigeria Category:Terrorist incidents in Nigeria in 2011 Category:Murder in Abuja Category:Attacks on police stations in 2011 Category:June 2011 in Africa Category:Terrorist incidents in Abuja Category:Building bombings in Nigeria Category:Car and truck bombings in 2011 Category:21st-century mass murders in Nigeria Category:Attacks on police stations in Nigeria Category:2011 building bombings Category:June 2011 crimes in Africa Category:Attacks on police headquarters Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2011