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CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Islamic State says killed or wounded more than 40 Nigerian soldiers - Amaq

Published 31/07/2019, 12:53
CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Islamic State says killed or wounded more than 40 Nigerian soldiers - Amaq

(Adds dropped words "or wounded" in second paragraph)
CAIRO, July 31 (Reuters) - Islamic State said via its Amaq
news agency that it killed or wounded more than 40 soldiers in
the northeast Nigerian state of Borno in two separate attacks on
Tuesday.
The group said militants attacked a military post in Baga
and killed at least 15 soldiers before carrying out a second
attack on an army barracks in the town of Benisheik, where they
killed or wounded around 25 more.
Locals and military sources told Reuters there were clashes
between insurgents and soldiers in the state on Monday and
Tuesday. Reuters was unable to immediately verify the number of
people killed or injured in those clashes.
An army spokesman did not immediately respond to phone calls
requesting comment.
More than 30,000 people have been killed in northeast
Nigeria since 2009 in an Islamist insurgency.
At the weekend at least 65 people were killed in Borno, the
birthplace of the insurgency, when militants targeted civilians
travelling from a funeral.

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