2023-10-03 06:27:35
Abuja: 29 Nigerian soldiers martyred in clashes with suspected jihadists. It is reported that two soldiers were seriously injured and several terrorists were killed in the clashes that took place in the border areas near Mali last day.
In this regard, the Ministry of Defense has called for three days of national mourning. Officials informed that improvised explosive devices and kamikaze vehicles were used in the operation carried out by the army targeting around 100 terrorists. The army moved to prevent the threat posed by the Islamic State in the border areas near Mali.
For more than a decade, the Sahel region of Africa has been a jihadist threat. There were jihadist attacks in northern Mali in 2012 and in Nigeria and Burkina Faso in 2015. The three border areas between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso are a regular attack ground for terrorists. Current reports are that they are related to the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.
Last August, 17 Nigerian soldiers were martyred in clashes with suspected jihadists in the border areas between Nigeria and Burkina Faso. 20 people were injured.
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