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Gunmen killed 15 Nigerian soldiers and wounded more than a dozen
others during an attack on an army base in the northern state of
Kaduna, two army sources said on Tuesday, in the latest attack on
security forces by armed gangs, Trend reports citing Reuters.
The gangs, designated as terrorists by the government, have
caused havoc in northwest Nigeria by attacking villages, towns and
schools and kidnapping hundreds of students.
An army officer at the military base in the town of Birnin Gwari
in Kaduna told Reuters that gunmen on motorbikes used
rocket-propelled grenades and other heavy weapons during an attack
that lasted more than two hours on Monday evening.
Eleven soldiers died during the attack while 19 were injured and
taken to three different hospitals in Kaduna. Four soldiers later
succumbed to their injuries, the officer said.
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