December 2010 Abuja attack

December 2010 Abuja attack

The December 2010 Abuja attack was a bomb attack on a barracks on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria, on December 31, 2010. Four people were killed, including a pregnant woman, and 26 were injured; according to defense minister Adetokunbo Kayode, all of the dead were civilians, as were most of the injured. The attack was the second in Abuja in three months, and was the first near a barracks in the country since its return to democracy in 1999.

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