Nigeria: Landmine Blast Kills Soldier, Three Vigilantes in Sambisa Forest

24 April 2015

Nigerian troops were forced to retreat from Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold in the restive northeast after a landmine blast killed one soldier and three vigilantes, security sources said yesterday.

Military top brass said on Wednesday that soldiers were conducting offensives "in some forest locations" in the area after it was announced last week that operations were imminent.

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