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Nigeria: three soldiers killed in a jihadist ambush

2021-11-13T15:20:23.433Z


At least three soldiers were killed in the ambush of their military convoy, set by jihadists in Yobe state, in northeastern ...


At least three soldiers were killed in the ambush of their military convoy, set by jihadists in Yobe state in northeastern Nigeria, two security sources said on Saturday.

Military convoys are increasingly the target of attacks by the Islamic State group in West Africa (Iswap), in northeastern Nigeria where soldiers are fighting to end a 12-year insurgency that has killed more than 40,000 civilians.

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The attackers sprayed the convoy with heavy weapons during an ambush on Friday in the village of Tamsu Kawu, along the 120-kilometer highway between Maiduguri and Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state, said. two military sources at AFP. “

We lost three soldiers in the ambush of Iswap terrorists

,” said one of the two officers, according to which the jihadists seized a military vehicle. A second military officer confirmed the toll.

The attack came as the military claims a string of successes against the jihadists, including raids on their camps.

On September 17, at least 16 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an Iswap ambush along the highway between Maiduguri and the garrison town of Monguno in the Lake Chad region.

A week later, eight soldiers died when an attack by the jihadist group near the town of Dikwa, in the same region.

Iswap has consolidated its territory in recent months in the Lake Chad region after the death of Abubakar Shekau, the commander of the rival group Boko Haram, in fighting between the two jihadist forces.

Recognized by the Islamic State group, Iswap was born in 2016 from a split with Boko Haram, which it accuses in particular of the murders of Muslim civilians.

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Since 2019, the army has closed its smaller bases to settle in larger and fortified garrisons, called “

super camps

”, in an attempt to better resist attacks.

A strategy that has left more freedom of movement to jihadists in rural areas, say critics of these "super camps".

The conflict, which displaced around two million people in the northeast of the country, has spread to neighboring countries, leading to the establishment of a regional military coalition against Islamist groups.

Source: lefigaro

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