Jihadists kill at least 55 in northeast Nigeria attack

Jihadists kill at least 55 in northeast Nigeria attack

File photo: Nigerian soldiers patrol on October 12, 2019, after gunmen suspected of belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group carried out a deadly attack in the village of Tungushe, Borno state. © AFP

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Jihadists killed at least 55 people in northeastern Nigeria while storming a town home to residents who had been returned from a closed camp for internally displaced persons, an NGO worker and civilian militia leader told AFP Saturday.

The Friday night assault came during an attack on the town of Darul Jama, which hosts a military base on the Nigeria-Cameroon border.

A security source told AFP that five soldiers were among the dead, while a militia commander, Babagana Ibrahim, put the number at six.

 

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