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UPDATE 1-Islamic State says it killed 12 Nigerian soldiers in Borno state attack -statement

Published 20/06/2019, 00:35
UPDATE 1-Islamic State says it killed 12 Nigerian soldiers in Borno state attack -statement

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CAIRO, June 19 (Reuters) - Islamic State said on Wednesday
its West African branch carried out an attack on a Nigerian army
base in northeastern Borno state and that its fighters killed 12
soldiers.
A military source put the toll higher, saying up to 25
soldiers were killed after insurgents travelling on trucks
mounted with guns attacked the base on Monday around 5:30 p.m.
(1630 GMT). He said fighting lasted for about three hours. A
local resident said he saw the bodies of six dead Nigerian
soldiers.
The attack in the town of Gajiram, in which the insurgents
said the barracks were burned, followed a similar assault on a
base last week and suicide bombings that killed 30 people on
Sunday. The attacks raise questions about government assertions
to have almost defeated the insurgents. "Twelve Nigerian soldiers were killed and others injured
following an attack by Islamic State fighters on their barracks
in the northern Nigerian town of Gajiram," Islamic State in West
Africa Province (ISWAP) said in a statement published on the
SITE Intelligence website.
A Nigerian army spokesman did not immediately respond to a
request for comment.
The insurgency in northeast Nigeria has killed more than
30,000 people and displaced about 2 million since 2009.
President Muhammadu Buhari, a retired general, was re-elected in
February after a campaign in which he vowed to improve security.
Buhari, in his second-term inaugural speech earlier this
month, said the government would provide more support for the
security forces in terms of money and equipment.

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