Boko Haram militants kill 17 Nigerian soldiers
At least 17 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a fresh
Boko Haram attack on a military base in the country's northeast, military
sources said Thursday, the third assault on three different bases in less than
a month, France 24 reported.
"Unfortunately we lost 17 troops, 14 others
were injured while an unspecified number is still unaccounted for," said a
military source, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized
to speak on the incident.
The source added that the militants looted weapons
and vehicles before fleeing.
On Wednesday evening, heavily armed jihadists riding
in trucks stormed and looted weapons and vehicles from a military base in
Garunda village in Borno State, the epicentre of the Islamist insurgency that
has been raging for nine years.
