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otherSuicide Bombing SeriesMaiduguri, Borno State, Nigeriasupported 72.0

Suicide bombings hit Maiduguri hospital entrance and markets

Suspected suicide bombers struck crowded locations in Maiduguri, including the entrance to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital and two markets. The attack hit civilians in spaces that should have been comparatively protected and reopened questions about insurgent capacity in Borno State.

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Published

3/17/2026

Current public event date

Source base

2 sources

Evidence records attached to this event

Actor field

2 ranked

Actors currently scored in public view

Incident links

1

Analyses connected to this incident

Editorial note

Curated from AP and Al Jazeera reporting on the March 16-17 bombings in Maiduguri.

Event harm

89.2

Overall event-level harm score

Top culpability

62.4

Insurgent command network tied to Boko Haram or ISWAP

Confidence

72.0

How stable the current public reading is

Top responsibility

70.0

Highest actor responsibility before event harm is applied

Event harm

Harm context

The public harm score is grounded in who bears the harm, what protections are in play, and the broader social fallout.

Who is harmed

Patients, families, market-goers, and the broader civilian population of Maiduguri.

Rights or laws at risk

The right to life, bodily security, safe access to healthcare, and protection of public civilian spaces.

Societal impact

The bombings disrupt civic life in a city already shaped by insurgent violence and can undermine public confidence in health, market, and security systems.

Overview

Highest ranked actor

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Insurgent command network tied to Boko Haram or ISWAP

Rank #1 with the highest weighted culpability in the current public reading.

Culpability

62.4

Weighted contribution

Confidence

68.0

Attribution stability

Rank #1authorizermilitary unitNigeria

Insurgent command network tied to Boko Haram or ISWAP

Ranked in the public field as a authorizer with a current responsibility band of major.

supported 68.0

Responsibility

70.0

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

62.4

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

68.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

No group immediately claimed the attack, but public reporting quickly pointed suspicion toward Boko Haram-linked insurgents, supporting a command-level responsibility layer above the bombing cell.

1 evidence link

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Ranked actors

2

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Top actor

Insurgent command network tied to Boko Haram or ISWAP

Highest-ranked actor in the current public reading.

Revisions

7

Entries contributing to the synthetic timeline chart.

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Ranked field

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Rank #2executormilitary unitNigeria

Suspected suicide bombing cell

Ranked in the public field as a executor with a current responsibility band of major.

supported 76.0

Responsibility

69.0

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

61.6

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

76.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

2

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

The cell that carried out the bombings bears the clearest direct responsibility for striking civilians at a hospital entrance and in markets.

2 evidence links