Militants kill at least 25 Nigerian soldiers, some civilians in ambush: sources
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents killed at least 25 soldiers and a number of civilians in an ambush in northeast Nigeria on Saturday morning, two security sources said, the second deadly attack on the army this week.
Militants opened fire as the soldiers were escorting a groups of evacuees from a village in Borno state, where Boko Haram and other militants have been fighting for a decade.
“They ambushed and surrounded the vehicles of both the soldiers and the civilians and opened fire on them,†said one of the sources, part of a vigilante group that fights alongside the military against the insurgencies.
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As the article reads, it's mainly in that NE corner of Nigeria that has problems. These troubled areas should be walled in I've thought enough in the past, the rest of the world lives in a fairly decent manner. Yes, the NE corner, the Islamic radical area.
