{"id":74717,"date":"2021-04-20T11:22:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T11:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=74717"},"modified":"2021-05-06T16:12:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T16:12:04","slug":"terrorists-attack-military-base-in-northeast-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/74717-terrorists-attack-military-base-in-northeast-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorists attack military base in northeast Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f0_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f4-\u06f0\u06f2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f0_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f4-\u06f0\u06f2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f0_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f4-\u06f0\u06f2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f0_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f4-\u06f0\u06f2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f0_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f4-\u06f0\u06f2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f0_\u06f0\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f4-\u06f0\u06f2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Five Nigerian soldiers were killed, four injured and dozens missing when ISIS-aligned terrorists attacked a military base in northeast Nigeria&#8217;s Borno state, two military officers told AFP Saturday.<br>Terrorists from the so-called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Friday dislodged troops from a base in Kamuya village, 35 kilometres (22 miles) from regional district Biu after a gunfight.<br>&#8220;The terrorists killed five soldiers and injured four others in the attack on the Kamuya base,&#8221; a military officer told AFP.<br>The insurgents sacked the base, forcing troops to withdraw in disarray, said a second military officer, who gave the same toll.<br>&#8220;So far 41 troops have returned while 58 are still missing and are presumed to have escaped the attack,&#8221; said the second military officer.<br>Search and rescue operation was ongoing to &#8220;locate the missing soldiers&#8221;, the officer added.<br>Kamuya is the home village of Nigeria&#8217;s former army chief Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai which has been repeatedly targeted by jihadists, prompting the setting up of a base to end the attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Nigerian soldiers were killed, four injured and dozens missing when ISIS-aligned terrorists attacked a military base in northeast Nigeria&#8217;s Borno state, two military officers told AFP Saturday.Terrorists from the so-called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Friday dislodged troops from a base in Kamuya village, 35 kilometres (22 miles) from regional district Biu &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":75104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,31,30],"tags":[363,67,516],"class_list":["post-74717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-news","category-world","tag-attack","tag-nigeria","tag-terrorists"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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