Jihadists kill five multinational troops in Nigeria base raid: sources

A jihadist raid on a military base in northeast Nigeria near the border with Cameroon killed five troops from a multinational coalition Friday, two military sources told AFP. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) base housing Nigerian and Cameroonian troops in the town of Wulgo in a pre-dawn attack, engaging troops in a gunfight, the two sources said. In Friday's attack, the jihadists burned two mine-resistant armoured vehicles and five military trucks, and seized several motorcycles belonging to local hunters assisting the troops in fighting jihadist groups in the region, the two sources said.

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