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Four Nigerian soldiers killed in ambush: sources

Nigerian soldiers on patrol on March 16, 2015. Four Nigerian troops were killed on August 18, 2019 in an ambush by fighters suspected to be from an IS-affiliated jihadist faction in the country's northeast. PHOTO | NIGERIAN ARMY PHOTO | VIA AFP

By  AFP

Kano,

Four Nigerian troops were killed Sunday in an ambush by fighters suspected to be from an IS-affiliated faction in the country's restive northeast, two military sources said.

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