ISWAP militants killed a large number of Nigerian soldiers in an attack The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of a number of the countr...
ISWAP militants killed a large number of Nigerian soldiers in an attack
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of a number of the country's soldiers during an attack by Boko Haram terrorists loyal to the IS group in the Lake Chad region.
Sources said ISWAP fighters attacked the convoy of Nigerian troops in Metele village of Borno state in the northeast of the country on Friday last, the incident led to death, where one of the ' the terrorist raised the possibility of the bomb in his body.
Nigerian military sources said that many of the country's soldiers were lost, but they could not say the number of those who died.
According to reports, the army convoy was on its way to the town of Arege, which is on the border of Niger and Chad to deliver food to the forces fighting against the terrorists in the area.
In a statement it published on its website called SITE, the ISWAP group said that it had indeed carried out this attack, and the bomb that exploded destroyed two armored military vehicles.
ISWAP also claimed to have seized a large number of weapons from the army convoy.
The terrorist crisis that afflicted Nigeria 14 years ago caused the death of about 40 thousand people and displaced more than two million, while it spread to its neighbors, Niger, Cameroon and Chad
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