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Borno Attack: ISIL claims killing of 11
Nigerian soldiers in Borno
ISIL has claimed killing of 11 Nigerian
soldiers in an attack on the northeastern town of Gajiganna, Borno.
Al-Jazeera reports that the group made the
claim at the weekend through its news agency, AMAQ.
ISIL published pictures of burned barracks
and dead bodies it claimed belonged to the soldiers.
The fighters fled after the military called
in air force support and reinforcements from a battalion in a neighbouring
town.
There have been renewed attacks on troops
since the start of 2019.
In a similar attack late April, several
soldiers were reportedly killed at Sabon Gari, Mararaba Kimba, a village
between Biu and Damboa Local Government Areas in Borno.
ISWAP claimed responsibility for the attack.
Residents of Sabon Gari, who spoke to news men said unspecified numbers of Boko Haram fighters riding in several vehicles and motorcycles attacked a military base located along the Biu–Damboa road.
“The military base is isolated and this made
it a vulnerable target for the attack. The militants arrived at the location in
their numbers outnumbering the military.
“They set the base on fire, destroyed and
looted equipment before reinforcement arrived and they were repelled after
several hours of battle”, Mallam Usman Kimba said.
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