{"id":119179,"date":"2021-04-18T14:22:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T06:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119179"},"modified":"2021-04-18T14:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T06:22:50","slug":"five-nigerian-troops-killed-in-insurgent-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119179","title":{"rendered":"Five Nigerian troops killed in insurgent attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/facebook_post_image_1618692894.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/facebook_post_image_1618692894-696x392.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>KANO (Nigeria), April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Five Nigerian soldiers were killed, four injured and dozens missing when Daesh-aligned militants attacked a military base in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Friday dislodged troops from a base in Kamuya village, 35 kilometres from regional district Biu after a gunfight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe terrorists killed five soldiers and injured four others in the attack on the Kamuya base,\u201d a military officer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The insurgents sacked the base, forcing troops to withdraw in disarray, said a second military officer, who gave the same toll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo far 41 troops have returned while 58 are still missing and are presumed to have escaped the attack,\u201d said the second military officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Search and rescue operation was ongoing to \u201clocate the missing soldiers\u201d, the officer added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kamuya is the home village of Nigeria\u2019s former army chief Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai which has been repeatedly targeted by militants, prompting the setting up of a base to end the attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISWAP has focused on targeting military installations and troops since it split from mainstream Boko Haram in 2016 and rose to become a dominant group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 20 people were killed following days of attacks on the town of Damasak this week where the militants burnt offices of international aid agencies and several homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attacks have forced 65,000 residents to flee into neighbouring Niger, according to the UN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 12-year conflict has killed 36,000 people and displaced around two million from their homes in Nigeria\u2019s northeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The violence has spread to neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, prompting a regional military coalition to fight the insurgents. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANO (Nigeria), April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Five Nigerian soldiers were killed, four injured and dozens missing when Daesh-aligned militants attacked a military base in northeast Nigeria\u2019s Borno state, Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Friday dislodged troops from a base in Kamuya village, 35 kilometres from regional district Biu after a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":119181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119179"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}