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UPDATE 1-Militants kill at least 25 Nigerian soldiers, some civilians in ambush -sources

Published 25/05/2019, 19:25
UPDATE 1-Militants kill at least 25 Nigerian soldiers, some civilians in ambush -sources

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, May 25 (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents
killed at least 25 soldiers and a number of civilians in an
ambush in northeast Nigeria on Saturday morning, two security
sources said, the second deadly attack on the army this week.
Militants opened fire as the soldiers were escorting a
groups of evacuees from a village in Borno state, where Boko
Haram and other militants have been fighting for a decade.
"They ambushed and surrounded the vehicles of both the
soldiers and the civilians and opened fire on them," said one of
the sources, part of a vigilante group that fights alongside the
military against the insurgencies.
"They exchanged fire for some minutes before the Boko Haram
militants overpowered the soldiers."
Nigeria's government has said the Boko Haram insurgency, and
the rival Islamic State West Africa Province group, are on their
last legs.
But sustained efforts to eradicate the militants have failed
and the military continues to suffer heavy losses.
The war has killed more than 30,000 people and displaced
millions more.
The soldiers were evacuating villages in the region on
Saturday to carry out operations against Boko Haram, the sources
said. One said the civilian convoy had as many as 50 vehicles.
Nigerian military spokesmen did not respond to requests for
comment.
On Wednesday, Islamic State's West Africa branch claimed
responsibility for a raid in Nigeria in which it said 20
soldiers had been killed, and released a video purporting to
show the execution of nine other Nigerian soldiers.

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