Nigerian Troops Kill 21 Bandits In Gunfight
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published April 05, 2018 | 06:56 PM
Twenty-one bandits were confirmed killed following a gunfight with troops in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara, an army spokesman said Thursday.
ABUJA, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Apr, 2018 ) :Twenty-one bandits were confirmed killed following a gunfight with troops in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara, an army spokesman said Thursday.
Two army personnel were also killed during the gunfight at Anka area of the northern state on Wednesday, Texas Chukwu, the army spokesman told Xinhua.
He told reporters in Gusau, the state capital, that a large number of bandits fled the scene with bullet wounds.
A local source told Xinhua that the bandits had laid an ambush for the troops engaged in a clearance operation in the state. Last month, Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the deployment of more troops to Zamfara to curtail increasing attacks and mass killing of locals by bandits since last year.
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