Five Soldiers Killed By Gunmen In Northeast

Five soldiers have been killed by jihadists during an attack on an outpost in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria, sources in the army have disclosed.

“We lost five soldiers in the surprise attack on the checkpoint,” an unidentified military officer said.

The jihadists had opened fire on soldiers at a checkpoint in the outskirt of Mainok, a town in Borno State.

“Some of the terrorists” were killed and two vehicles equipped with machine guns were recovered after the militants were engaged in a fiery battle.

According to another source in the military, the five soldiers who lost their lives were "outgunned" by the terrorists, who carted away with three vehicles belonging to the military.

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On Wednesday, spokesman for the Nigerian army had said that the Nigerian military troops had killed nine Boko Haram terrorists somewhere outside the town of Mainok.

He also added that in the gun battle between the military and the terrorists, two soldiers had been “slightly wounded”, leaving out the death of Nigerian soldiers.