US EditionNigerian army kills over 50 Boko Haram militants as it fights off drone attacks
Nigerian troops killed 50 insurgents and used fighter jets to repel coordinated drone and gunfire attacks aimed at cutting off reinforcements, military said.
- On Thursday, Islamist insurgents launched simultaneous attacks using armed drones and heavy firepower across four Northeastern districts, striking three troop positions in Borno State and one in Yobe State between midnight and 0300 GMT, army spokesperson Sani Uba said.
- For over 15 years, Nigeria has grappled with Boko Haram, its homegrown jihadis who began in 2009 and later split into factions like Islamic State West Africa Province, displacing more than 2 million people, the United Nations said.
- Nigerian troops killed 50 attackers and recovered ammunition, while fighter jets and ground forces forced insurgents to retreat; ground troops backed by the Air Component pursue more than 70 wounded militants.
- Vehicles and buildings were gutted by armed-drone and RPG fire in Mafa and Dikwa, and four soldiers were killed with five wounded this month in Borno State.
- Amid wider insecurity across Nigeria, insurgents have launched at least 333 attacks this year, while the U.S. recently approved a potential $346 million weapons sale to improve security.
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On Thursday, 23 October, the military confronted jihadists who had launched coordinated attacks on bases in the states of Borno and Yobe. The Islamist insurgency, which has been in progress since 2009, is intensifying in the north-east of the country.
The Nigerian army said Thursday it had killed 50 militants belonging to extremist groups who carried out coordinated drone attacks on military bases in the northeast of the country, in one of the largest escalations since the beginning of the year...
Nigerian military says kills 50 jihadists in army base raids
KANO, Nigeria: Nigeria’s military said on Thursday it had killed 50 militants using drones to carry out multiple attacks on army bases in the volatile northeast. The authorities in Africa’s most populous country and one of its powerhouses, have been fighting the Boko Haram militant group and its Daesh West Africa Province (Daesh-WAP) splinter for 16 years. The groups are
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