At Least Seven Nigerian Soldiers Killed By Landmine
Date
7/27/2024 7:20:27 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
At least seven Nigerian soldiers were killed after a mine
exploded on a highway in Borno state, the hotbed of a Boko Haram
militant insurgency, two vigilante officers said,
Azernews reports.
Nigeria faces a raft of security challenges including a
long-running Islamist insurgency in the northeast, separatist
violence in the southeast, rampant oil theft in the Niger Delta and
kidnapping for ransom by criminal gangs.
Shaibu Musa, a local vigilante officer helping to combat the
insurgents, said a military vehicle was travelling along the road
linking the villages of Monguno and Baga on Thursday when the
vehicle detonated an improvised explosive device.
The military did not immediately respond to request for comment
on the incident.
Another security official, Isa Bukar, said the explosion
occurred on Thursday morning after soldiers on patrol triggered the
mine, which killed seven of them.
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