As a result of an attack by militants of the Boko Haram terrorist organization, five military personnel were killed in the northeast of Nigeria.
According to the heads of the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Nigeria Edward Buba, part of the army, deployed in operations to ensure stability in the Gubio area.
were attacked.
According to him, 10 troops were also injured as a result of the attack, 4 more were missing.
Immediately after the attack, the military organized an operation during which many terrorists were killed, Buba said, a truck with weapons and a significant number of ammunition were intercepted.
Local media claims that 20 military personnel were killed as a result of the attack.
Since 2009, as a result of mass terrorist attacks of Boko Haram, tens of thousands of people have died in Nigeria.
The terrorist organization has been attacked by the border Cameroon, Chad and Niger since 2015. As a result of attacks, at least 2 thousand people were killed in the area of Lake Chad. Due to the attacks of Boko-Haram, hundreds of thousands of people are forced to leave their homes annually.