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Boko Haram kills at least five soldiers in northeast Nigeria - sources

Published 07/07/2019, 10:10
Updated 07/07/2019, 10:20
Boko Haram kills at least five soldiers in northeast Nigeria - sources

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 7 (Reuters) - Islamist insurgent
group Boko Haram ambushed Nigerian soldiers in the northeast of
the country, killing at least five and injuring more than a
dozen, sources told Reuters on Sunday.
The sources said the death toll could increase as a number
of soldiers were still missing after the attack on Thursday in
Damboa, in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria.
The soldiers had gone to the area to clear a Boko Haram
camp, but were ambushed, the sources said.
Boko Haram militants have killed thousands and displaced
millions in Nigeria during the group's decade-long insurgency
against the government.
The general commanding officer, Brigadier General Bulama
Biu, confirmed a confrontation between troops and Boko Haram,
but said there was "no casualty on the part of troops."
Three military sources and three fighters with armed
vigilante group Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) said the bodies
of five soldiers had been recovered, and that 16 fighters,
including 14 soldiers and two civilians, were injured. The
sources said multiple fighters were still missing.

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