Battle of Baga (2015)
| Battle of Baga (2015) | |||||||||
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| Part of Boko Haram insurgency | |||||||||
US Army battle plan of Baga | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Boko Haram | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Enitan Ransome-Kuti | Abubakar Shekau | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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14 killed 30 injured (per Nigeria) | Unknown | ||||||||
On January 3, 2015, militants from Boko Haram attacked a Nigerian military base at Baga, Borno State, Nigeria, seizing the base, town, and surrounding villages. Following Boko Haram's seizure of Baga, hundreds of civilians were massacred by the group.