Nigeria: 17 Soldiers Killed, Several Abducted in Battle With Boko Haram

19 January 2020

Maiduguri — Not less than 17 soldiers were killed in confrontations between the military and Boko Haram insurgents along Bama-Gwoza road weekend.

Many soldiers were also said to have been abducted by the insurgents in the confrontations, even as the number of casualties, though also large from the Boko Haram side, could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.

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