| January 2015 raid on Kolofata | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of theIslamist insurgency in Nigeria | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Cameroon |  Islamic State of Iraq and the LevantBoko Haram | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Didier Badjec[2] | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abubakar Shekau | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 300+[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed 1 injured[2] | 143 killed[2] | ||||||
TheJanuary 2015 raid on Kolofata was an unsuccessful assault on aCameroonian military base atKolofata,Far North Region, perpetrated byBoko Haram. The incident occurred on 12 January 2015 coming shortly after another Boko Haramincursion onto Cameroonian soil.
During 2014, Boko Haram militants conducted a number of attacks on villages located within northern Cameroon, killing at least 40 government soldiers and recruiting hundreds of people into the organization.[3]The largest suchoperation took place between 28 and 29 December 2014, and included simultaneous raids that targeted both civilians and military, causing a total of 84 fatalities.[4]
On 12 January 2015,Boko Haram militants carried out an assault on a Cameroonian army encampment outside the city ofKolofata,Far North Region. The Cameroonian military successfully repelled the attack, killing between 200 - 300 insurgents and seizing large quantities of weaponry and ammunition, one Cameroonian officer was also killed in action.[1][2]
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