Overview

• Fighters on motorbikes stormed Darul Jamal around 8:30 p.m. Friday, shooting residents and burning homes, according to witnesses.
• Death toll estimates range from 55 to about 70, with 5–7 soldiers reported among the dead by local and security sources.
• Many victims were families recently moved from the shuttered Government Secondary School displacement camp in Bama.
• Residents say they warned the military for days about militants gathering nearby; the governor visited, pledged tighter security and relief.
• Analysts and officials attribute the raid to the JAS faction of Boko Haram, with one security source naming commander Ali Ngulde, as nonprofits tally hundreds of jihadist attacks this year.