A lieutenant and six other soldiers were brutally killed during a gun battle that lasted for hours with Boko Haram insurgents.
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At least seven soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on
military positions in northeast Nigeria, a civilian vigilante and a
security source said on Friday, AFP reports.
The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in the town of
Gajiram, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) by road north of the Borno state
capital, Maiduguri.
A military source in Maiduguri and a civilian vigilante, Babakura
Kolo, both told AFP on Thursday that the fighting lasted for about two
hours and that three soldiers were killed.
But Kolo said on Friday that the toll was had risen and that it was “now seven, including one lieutenant, and six rank and file.
“Yesterday, three bodies of soldiers were found but four more bodies were found during a search.”
Aslo, three militants were also killed and troops were combing the area to find other rebel fighters.
Fighters loyal to Abu Musab Al-Barnawi were suspected of carrying
out the attack, said Kolo. The Islamic State group, to which Boko Haram
is affiliated, announced that Barnawi was leader last year.
He split from the faction following long-time Boko Haram leader
Abubakar Shekau in opposition at his indiscriminate attacks on
civilians.
Barnawi has instead vowed to hit only “hard” targets such as the
military and police. His group is believed to operate in northern Borno
state, towards Lake Chad and the border with Niger.
It has been also revealed that the insurgents went door to door
collecting recently distributed food aid for residents. Kolo said
vigilantes had been told by arrested Boko Haram suspects that they
sourced most of their food from Gajiram and Monguno, a garrison town 60
kilometres away.
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