Suspected jihadiists on Friday killed 10 Nigerian soldiers near the country”s border with Burkina Faso.
The country’s Defence Minister General Salifou Modi said in a statement that 15 other soldiers were wounded in the
simultaneous attacks which occurred in Bouloundjounga and Samira in the Gotheye department.
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He added that 47 terrorists were killed when the troops fought back.