The region abutting Nigeria and Chad has repeatedly suffered attacks since 2015. FMTNews
The region of Diffa is home to 120,000 Nigerian refugees fleeing Boko Haram violence.
The defence ministry said “heavily armed terrorist elements of Boko Haram riding aboard around 20 vehicles” attacked a military post in Toummour, in the conflict-wracked Diffa region. Reinforcements from the Special Intervention Battalion joined the chase to the shores of Lake Chad, the statement said, adding that “several suspects” were captured along with two vehicles and many weapons.
They had subsided since late last year, but on March 7 Boko Haram fighters, also aboard around 20 vehicles, launched raided another army position, in Chetima Wango, leaving eight soldiers dead and three missing.
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