Nigeria
Nigerian soldiers have suffered a horrible fresh misfortune following a bomb explosion along Banki, Usmanari, Kumshe road in Borno State, killing two soldiers of the 152TF Battalion of the Nigerian Army.
Local media reports that the explosion which occurred at about 8:10 a.m. this morning also left no fewer than eight soldiers injured.
According to the report, the explosion destroyed one canter truck, while the injured persons are currently receiving first aid treatment before they were evacuated by to a hospital.
Tuesday’s explosion occurs a day after one soldier was killed when terrorist group Boko Haram attacked Nigerian troops in Kangarwa Village.
Breaking:Two soldiers feared in a fresh bomb explosion in Borno state in Nigeria
— nollywood television (@nollytel) November 8, 2016
According to the Army,13 insurgents were also killed in the attack while three other soldiers were injured.
Go to video
British police charge two men after Channel migrant deaths
01:42
Gaza doctors deliver baby girl from mother killed in Israeli airstrike
02:13
Vigilante groups protect communities in northern Nigeria
01:12
Rising Palestinian casualties in Gaza
00:44
Three Tanzanian soldiers killed in Democratic Republic of Congo
01:38
Mozambique: Death toll from ferry accident reaches nearly 100