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Four Nigerian troops killed in militant attack
[Dawn] KANO: Four Nigerian soldiers have been killed in an attack by IS-affiliated jihadists in the country’s restive northeast, two security sources told AFP Thursday.Fighters from the krazed killer Islamic State  ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... West Africa Province (ISWAP) in trucks fitted with machine guns late Wednesday launched a "surprise attack" on troops in Auno village, 25 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, they said. "Four soldiers were killed in the attack and seven were maimed," said the first security source. Another security official confirmed the attack. "The holy warriors came through the bush at the rear instead of the usual highway, taking troops by surprise," said the source who gave the same casualty toll. The jihadists were said to have overwhelmed the troops, and went into the village, looting and burning shops before withdrawing. It was not immediately clear whether the faceless myrmidons suffered any casualties. Related: ISWAP: 2020-01-10 Islamic State group in Nigeria kills 20 soldiers, displaces 1,000 people ISWAP: 2019-12-29 Islamic State claims responsibility for Burkina Faso attack ISWAP: 2019-12-28 IS Claims Execution of 11 Christians in Nigeria Related: Maiduguri: 2019-12-28 IS Claims Execution of 11 Christians in Nigeria Maiduguri: 2019-12-25 Six Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack Maiduguri: 2019-09-14 Six Nigerian soldiers dead in Islamist Militants' attacks Posted by: trailing wife 2020-01-18 |
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