{{Short description|Massacre of 106 Nigerian civilians}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=May 2026}} {{Campaignbox Boko Haram insurgency}} {{Campaignbox Nigerian Sharia conflict}} The '''Izghe attack''' was a terrorist incident that occurred in the evening of February 15, 2014.<ref>[http://www.eu-un.europa.eu/articles/en/article_14612_en.htm Nigeria: EU HR Ashton strongly condemns mass killings in Izghe] (retrieved 2014-02-June). [http://www.eu-un.europa.eu/home/index_en.htm The webpage of the EU Delegation to the UN.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823031522/http://www.eu-un.europa.eu/home/index_en.htm |date=2013-08-23 }}</ref>
Gunmen suspected of being members of Boko Haram entered the village of Izghe, Borno State in the early hours of the morning and murdered 105 men and 1 elderly woman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26220300 |title=Nigeria's Boko Haram 'in village massacre' |publisher=BBC News |date=2014-02-16 |access-date=2014-05-13}}</ref><ref>[http://www.punchng.com/news/bharam-murders-106-in-fresh-attack/ B’Haram murders 106 in fresh attack.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319145526/http://www.punchng.com/news/bharam-murders-106-in-fresh-attack/ |date=2014-03-19 }} February 17, 2014 by Emma Anya, Fidelis Soriwei and Kayode Idowu with agency report</ref>
A few days later, a repeat massacre occurred in the same village.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26322224 Nigeria Boko Haram crisis: Anger over second Izghe raid.] Retrieved 2014-02-June.</ref><ref>[http://www.tvcnews.tv/?q=article/nigeria-boko-haram-attacks-izghe-borno-again Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks Izghe, Borno again.] TVC News (retrieved 2014-02-June).</ref>
This was part of a wave of attacks by Boko Haram in February 2014; the Konduga massacre took place on the same date.
A group of people went to a Christian farming village of Izghe in Borno state and killed up 106 people. "Male residents of the village were the main target of shootings Saturday evening."<ref name=":0" /> The suspected gunmen were members of Boko Haram. "Killing over 100 people, the Boko haram are suspected in the attack of a small farming village, Izghe, in Borno, Nigeria."<ref name=":0">Bourdon, J. (2014). Title: Latest Boko Haram attacks include Christian village. Retrieved from: https://www.mnnonline.org/news/latest-attacks-boko-haram-include-small-christian-village/</ref>
One of the people that were involved in the attack had to jump fences to save his life. "A survivor of the attack scaled the fence of his house and crawled for about 40 minutes to safety."<ref name=":1">Abubakar, A. (2014). Title: Nigeria's Boko Haram targets muslim town and fishing village in latest attacks. Retrieved from: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/16/world/africa/nigeria-boko-haram-attacks/</ref>
The location at which the attack occurred was Izghe village, a village in Nigeria. "They moved door to door in search of male residents who were hiding."<ref name=":1" />
The attack happened in order to cause the nation to go into war. "In the choosing of churches as targets for bombings, many see an attempt to drive a wedge between Christians and Muslims and perhaps push Nigeria into a civil war fueled on both sides by religious extremism."<ref>Bavier, J. (2013). Title: Who are Boko Haram and why they Terrorizing Nigerian Christians? Retrieved from: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/who-are-boko-haram-and-why-are-they-terrorizing-nigerian-christians/251729/</ref>
It happened in that the attackers went into the village and killed several civilians.
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