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Jihadists Kill Six Nigerian Soldiers in Attack on Base in Borno State, Report Says
Jihadists Kill Six Nigerian Soldiers in Attack on Base in Borno State, Report Says
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Jihadists who attacked a military base in northeastern Nigeria also suffered casualties, but the number of casualties is unknown, a report said. 06.01.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Jihadists from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)*, an Al-Qaeda*-linked terrorist group, killed six Nigerian soldiers in an attack on a base in the Borno state in the Northeast of the country, Nigerian military officers told a French media outlet. The attackers, arriving in trucks and on motorcycles, set fire to the base and army vehicles before being forced to retreat by the military, air strikes targeted the fleeing jihadists, resulting in additional ISWAP casualties, the officers noted.*a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries
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Jihadists Kill Six Nigerian Soldiers in Attack on Base in Borno State, Report Says
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Jihadists who attacked a military base in northeastern Nigeria also suffered casualties, but the number of casualties is unknown, a report said.
Jihadists from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)*, an Al-Qaeda*-linked terrorist group,
killed six Nigerian soldiers in an attack on a base in the Borno state in the Northeast of the country, Nigerian military officers told a French media outlet.
"We lost six soldiers in the ISWAP terrorists attack on the base after an intense gun battle," one of the officers said.
The attackers, arriving in trucks and on motorcycles, set fire to the base and army vehicles before being forced to retreat by the military, air strikes targeted the fleeing jihadists, resulting in additional ISWAP casualties, the officers noted.
"Air strikes against the fleeing terrorists resulted in multiple militant fatalities, the destruction of operational vehicles and their weaponry," they pointed out.
*a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries
