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Casualties of the 2011 Abuja United Nation's bombing
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286:Sambisa Forest (2021)
147:Boko Haram insurgency
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975:Ban Ki-moon
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88:Attack type
1197:Categories
1048:. BBC News
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986:Mamman Nur
949:Boko Haram
864:Nguetchewe
709:Chad (Dec)
276:Garin Giwa
261:Chad Basin
160:Boko Haram
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1167:9°03′00″N
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1023:28 August
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664:N'Djamena
503:Abuja DSS
488:Lake Chad
449:Benisheik
318:massacres
292:2nd Diffa
256:1st Diffa
72:UTC+01:00
56:, Nigeria
1140:See also
945:Islamist
934:car bomb
913:Ngouboua
771:Madagali
756:Cameroon
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397:Damaturu
365:Abuja UN
226:W Africa
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216:Cameroon
165:Timeline
46:Location
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196:Sokoto
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