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Boko Haram ambush Nigerian soldiers, kill 3

 

Three Nigerian troops have been killed by improvised explosive device
in Borno State,  military sources have said.
Three other soldiers were wounded in the blast that occurred on Wednesday.
According to PREMIUM TIMES troops of 123 Special Forces Battalion in
Cross Kauwa were ambushed while on a patrol along Cross Kauwa-Baga
Road in Kukawa Local Government Area. The attack was reported at about
8:30 a.m. on October 16.
Three soldiers were confirmed killed in action and three wounded in
the aftermath of the attack, which was a combination of explosives and
rifles, sources said.
The wounded have been hospitalised at the military hospital in
Maiduguri, the state capital.
A gun truck was stolen by the insurgents and a military water tanker
was destroyed, sources said.
Military spokespersons have not responded to requests for comments
about the attack, which now adds to mounting military casualties of
the decade-long campaign.
The defence headquarters spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, and army
spokesperson, Sagir Musa, did not reply to telephone calls and text
messages sent to them by the online medium.
The fatal ambush unfolded as the Nigerian military raced to complete
its implementation of ‘super camp’ strategy to scale down Boko Haram
attacks on troops and their bases. Insurgents have targeted small
military units for deadly attacks since June 2018.
Military chiefs believe a concentration of hundreds of troops at a
large camp in key regions of the counter-insurgency operation would
make it difficult for insurgents to invade bases and sack troops. But
the new strategy has been silent on how soldiers on patrol missions
would be protected from roadside bombs and ambushes.
The Boko Haram insurgency has claimed over 30,000 lives since 2009.
Although the terrorists have been largely restricted to the three
North-eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe since 2016, by
security forces, they have demonstrated the ability to attack both
civilians and military formations in those states.

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