An army spokesman confirmed the attack and said two soldiers sustained injury but was silent on a dead driver in the convoy as reported by local media.
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Fighters loyal to the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the killings, but said they had slain 22 soldiers after an assault by the army
“Following intense combat the enemy was pushed back,”
More than 100 vigilantes and local hunters from the region had been sent to the town in recent days
One of six Nigerian aid workers abducted in July in northeast Nigeria, has been executed charity group Action Against Hunger reported on Wednesday
According to the UN, 3,600 children are believed to have been detained between January 2013 and March 2019
The fighters stormed into Balumri village, killed four male residents and abducted two others
The attack on Friday night in the border district of Gueskerou, is the latest to hit the Diffa region near Lake Chad.
The twin blasts tore through a crowd late Tuesday in the town of Mafa, some 50 kilometres from regional capital Maiduguri
Witness says 23 people were killed as they returned from the funeral and “the remaining 42 were killed when they pursued the terrorists”.