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UPDATE 1-Some 70 Nigerian soldiers killed in northeast militant ambush -sources

Published 24/03/2020, 22:28
UPDATE 1-Some 70 Nigerian soldiers killed in northeast militant ambush -sources

(Add President Buhari comment)
MAIDUGURI, March 24 (Reuters) - Around 70 Nigerian soldiers
were killed in an Islamist militant ambush in northeastern state
of Borno, three military sources and a security source told
Reuters on Tuesday.
They said the attackers used rocket-propelled grenades and
other heavy weaponry in the attack in the village of Gorgi on
Monday evening. Injured soldiers were brought to the capital
city of Maiduguri, while the bodies of the dead were brought to
Maimalari military hospital.
Military spokesman Sagir Musa confirmed there was an attack,
but disputed the number of soldiers killed. He declined to share
other details.
And President Muhammadu Buhari expressed "profound grief and
sorrow" at the death of the soldiers in a statement late on
Tuesday. But the statement did not refer to a death toll.
It was not immediately clear who the attackers were.
Militants from both the Boko Haram and the Islamic State West
Africa Province groups are active in the region.

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