BOKO HARM KILLS NIGERIAN SOLDIERS
The death toll from a
Boko Haram attack on a Nigerian army post on the border with Niger has risen to
48, military sources said on Monday.
Scores of Boko Haram fighters in trucks
stormed the base on Thursday in Zari village in northern Borno state and
briefly seized it after a fierce battle. Boko Haram, which has been waging a
deadly insurgency in Nigeria since 2009, has intensified attacks on military
targets in recent months. At least 30 Nigerian soldiers were intially said to
have been killed in Thursday’s raid. “The casualty toll now stands at 48 with
the recovery of 17 more bodies of soldiers in surrounding bushes in Zari by
search and rescue teams,” a military source who did not want to be named told
AFP. “Search operations are still ongoing and more bodies are likely to be
recovered.” Another military source confirmed the new death toll. “So far (the)
bodies of 48 troops have been recovered. Yesterday rescue teams found 17 bodies
of fallen soldiers,” he said, adding that they included two officers and 46
soldiers.
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