At least 20 Nigerian soldiers killed in an attack on a remote military base | News of Boko Haram
The suspects of the Iswap fighters are shooting a military base in the remote town of Malam-Fators in the Nigerian northeast State Borno.
At least 20 Nigerian soldiers were allegedly killed in the alleged attack of the Fighters of the ISIL branch in the West African province (ISWAP).
On Friday, the attackers were shooting a military base in a remote city of Malam faters in the northeastern State Borno, and the survivor soldier said the attack lasted more than three hours.
Boko Harama and Iswap fighters generally act in Borno and attacked both security forces and civilians, killing and displacement tens of thousands of people.
Reuters news agency, referring to security sources and residents, said on Sunday that one commander was among the killed after the ISWAP members arrived on a weapon trucks and attacked 149. the limit with Niger.
“They shot bullets everywhere,” one of the surviving soldiers told Reuters, adding that the soldiers were surprised.
“We tried so much to reject the attacks and after more than three hours of fire duel, they mastered us, killing our commander, Lieutenant,” said the soldier, refusing that he remained appointed because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
He said 20 soldiers were killed and several were wounded.
Residents who left the city said some of the attackers were seen in the Malam fatori late on Saturday night.
Malakaka Bukar, a member of the local militia, recruited to help the army, said the fighters also burned the buildings, forcing some residents to leave the city.
“They preached some residents,” Bukar said.
Iswap separated from the main current of Boko Harama in 2016 and became the dominant armed fraction in northeast Nigeria.
Although weakened by military attacks and internal struggles over the years, Boko Haram and Iswap have increased the attacks in Borno since the beginning of the year, killing dozens of farmers and fishermen in a series of raids.
Fifteen -year -old conflict killed nearly 40,000 people, and about two million displaced from their homes in the northeast.
Violence expanded to neighboring Niger, Chad and Cameroonwhich led to the creation of regional forces to fight armed groups.
