More than ten Nigerian army soldiers died as a result of an attack by the Boko Haram terrorist organization in the northeast of the country. On the terms of anonymity, the Army representative said this “Anadola” about this.
The incident occurred in the area of March Borno, where the militants attacked a military base.
According to the source, more than ten military personnel died as a result of the attack, while hundreds of others managed to escape.
The attackers set fire to armored equipment and captured weapons and ammunition, after which they disappeared from the scene.
The official representative of the Nigerian Army oniechi, Anela, said that an investigation has begun on the fact of the attack.
Boko Haram has been operating in Nigeria since the beginning of the 2000s, and since 2009, its mass attacks have taken away the lives of tens of thousands of people. Since 2015, the organization has expanded its attacks on neighboring countries – Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
In the region of the Lake basin, their attacks led to the death of at least 2 thousand people. Terrorist attacks and armed conflicts forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes.