Nigeria: Two Nigerian Soldiers, 11 Insurgents Killed in Multiple Battles

11 September 2016

Two soldiers of the Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, were on Thursday killed in an explosion while fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of Borno State near the Cameroon border, an official said.

The soldiers, according to the spokesperson of the MNJTF, Muhammed Dole, were returning to their base at the end of the day's operation when their truck ran into a landmine that killed a ranked officer and a private soldier.

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