The Islamic extremist group known as Boko Haram has terrorized parts of Nigeria and other countries neighbors for years, carrying out suicide bombings, shootings, abductions, massacres, and executions, often of civilians and schoolchildren. The Nigerian government waged an ongoing war against insurgent groups like Boko Haram while they continued to lay waste to the Northern part of the country. Despite being “technically defeated” in 2019, according to Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari, Boko Haram was able to commit the massacre.