ISIS claims responsibility for recent attack in Nigeria

ISIS claims responsibility for recent attack in Nigeria

ABNA

ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack in Nigeria, the militant group said on Saturday in a statement posted on an affiliated Telegram account. 

Seven Nigerian soldiers were killed, including a commanding officer and a lieutenant, in northern Nigeria’s Borno state, a military source and two residents said on Friday. 

The attack happened near the border with Cameroon, al-Quds al-Arabi reported, citing AFP sources. 

ISWAP (ISIS of West Africa Province) militants were riding several trucks equipped with automatic weapons and attacked a base in the city of Rann. 

Residents of the city also flee after the eruption of heavy clashes in the area. 

Rann is located 175 kilometers from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state. 

The Nigerian Army has not reacted to the report…

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