04-05-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com

Islamic State claims it killed 10 soldiers in northeastern Nigeria

It published pictures of burned barracks and dead bodies it claimed belonged to the soldiers.   Several sources in Nigeria, including one military source, confirmed the claim.Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has carried out a string of attacks in Nigeria in recent months.The group split in 2016 from Nigeria-based Boko Haram, which has waged a decade-long insurgency in northeast Nigeria that has killed some 30,000 people and displaced a further 2 million.
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