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7 KILLED IN NIGERIA JIHAD ATTACK

KANO: Seven Nigerian soldiers were killed on Friday when Islamic State group-aligned jihadists attacked a military base in the northeast near the border with Cameroon, military sources said. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province in several trucks fitted with machine guns attacked the base in the town of Rann around 1 a.m. (8 a.m. in Manila), sparking an intense gun battle with troops, the sources said. “Troops repelled the attack but we lost seven soldiers to the terrorists, including two officers,” one officer said.

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