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Kuje prison break
| Kuje prison break | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Boko Haram insurgency | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Nigeria |
 ISWAP | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 65 prison guards and soldiers | ~100 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1 killed 3+ injured |
4 killed 13+ injured | ||||||
On July 5, 2022, the Islamic State launched a coordinated attack on Kuje prison, near the Nigerian capital of Abuja. The attack killed five people and freed 879 inmates, although almost half were recaptured in the following days.
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