Boko Haram Fighters Ambush Nigerian Soldiers, Kill 8

No less than eight soldiers have been killed after suspected Boko Haram fighters ambushed Nigerian troops in Sassawa village in Damaturu, Yobe State.

The ambush occurred at about 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

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“The attackers took the soldiers unawares at a football pitch and open fire on them. Eight soldiers including an officer were killed, some others got injured,” a military source was quoted by Punch as saying.

Another source said, “These bad boys had a field day on Tuesday night, after the attack, they even forced many shops and stores opened and carted away food items. Today, (Wednesday) around 10 a.m. the military conveyed copses of the soldiers to Damaturu in two military vans.”

Confirming the attack on the military, the spokesman for 3 Division Military Base in Damaturu, Col. Kayode Ogunsanya, said: “There were casualties on both sides but I cannot ascertain the number of casualties just yet. Men on the ground repelled the attack.”

The insurgents were said to have arrived in five Hilux Toyota Pick-ups and opened fire on the troops.

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