Boko Haram terrorists have launched a devastating ambush on Nigerian army personnel close to Baga, near Lake Chad, leaving a number of troopers lacking and others feared useless.
The troops had been attacked whereas making an attempt to recuperate the our bodies of 40 civilians killed in an earlier assault by the insurgents.
Based on a army supply, the ambush resulted in heavy gunfire, with experiences indicating vital casualties among the many troopers.
“Our troops went searching for the our bodies of civilians killed by the terrorists. We went too far, and so they ambushed us—a mixed workforce of the armed forces, together with civilians,” the supply informed Information Central TV.
The precise variety of lacking or deceased troopers stays unclear, as some personnel are nonetheless returning to base, and our bodies have but to be totally recovered.
The ambush follows one other lethal assault in Kukawa Native Authorities Space of Borno State, the place dozens of farmers had been reportedly killed by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).
In a separate incident, native hunters, vigilantes, and members of the Civilian Joint Process Pressure (CJTF) mobilized a restoration workforce of fifty individuals to retrieve the our bodies from the earlier assault in Baga.
Tragically, the group was additionally ambushed by Boko Haram insurgents. Just one particular person from the restoration workforce has reportedly returned, with the destiny of others unsure.
An area civilian supply confirmed that a number of CJTF members and hunters had been killed within the ambush however couldn’t specify the precise variety of casualties.
In one other assault, six people, together with 5 reportedly repentant insurgents, had been killed in Gwoza by suspected Boko Haram operatives.