KANO (Nigeria), Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Landmines planted by Boko Haram jihadists have killed 11 security personnel, including four soldiers in
northeast Nigeria, security sources said.
Seven hunters recruited to help the military fight the insurgents
were killed on Tuesday when their vehicle hit a landmine in the village of
Kayamla, outside Borno State’s capital Maiduguri.
“Seven hunters died in the explosion and nine others are badly injured,”
Babakura Kolo, the head of a local anti-jihadist militia, said.
“Their vehicle hit a landmine as they were pursuing Boko Haram
insurgents,” he added.
Four Nigerian soldiers were killed on Monday when their vehicle hit a
landmine planted by Boko Haram fighters in Logomani village near the border with Cameroon, two security sources said.
There has been a sharp increase in attacks in northeast Nigeria since the
start of the month.
Last week 40 loggers were kidnapped and three killed near the Cameroonian border.
On Christmas Eve, Boko Haram killed 11 people, burnt a church and seized a priest in a village near Chibok, where it notoriously kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls six years ago.
Boko Haram and a splinter group known as ISWAP have killed 36,000 people in the northeast and forced roughly two million to flee since 2009, according to the United Nations. — NNN-AGENCIES
