Nigeria: Militants Kill Three Soldiers, Four Civilians

20 July 2008

Yenagoa — Men of the Nigeria Army and militias operating along the Niger Delta yesterday were locked in a pitch battle that left at least three soldiers and four civilians dead and several others wounded.

Eyewitnesses said trouble started when some youths suspected to be militants accosted a boat conveying the soldiers and civilians along the Obioku creek in Nembe Local Government area of Bayelsa State and opened fire on them.

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