37 soldiers died in Boko Haram attack - Sources
Nigeria, July 9 -- Not less than 37 soldiers of the Nigeria Army Special Forces were killed on Tuesday after a deadly ambush by suspected Boko Haram members, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.
The attack took place along the Maiduguri-Damboa highway.
The Nigerian military had on Wednesday confirmed the attack but said only two soldiers died.
The coordinator of the defence military operations, John Enenche, said in a statement that the ambushed troops managed to "wriggle out of the assault to gun down 17 of the Boko Haram attackers".
Mr Enenche, a major general, said many of the Boko Haram/ISWAP attackers escaped with serious bullet injuries.
The military authorities in Abuja then directed the Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole to "reinfor...
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