Battle of Darak

Battle of Darak
Part of Boko Haram insurgency
DateJune 9–10, 2019
Location
Result Pyrrhic Boko Haram victory
Belligerents
MNJTF
Cameroon
Boko Haram - Shekau faction
Strength
Unknown 300
Casualties and losses
17–21 killed
8 injured
64 killed (per Cameroon and MNJTF)
8 captured
8–16+ civilians killed
1 civilian injured

The Battle of Darak, also called the Darak massacre, occurred on June 9, 2019, when Boko Haram fighters loyal to Abubakar Shekau attacked a Cameroonian and MNJTF military base in Darak, Far North Region. The attack was the deadliest in Cameroonian history since the start of the Boko Haram insurgency.


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