Defence Headquarters confirms killing of 4 Nigerian soldiers in Katsina

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The Nigerian military has confirmed the killing of four soldiers attached to Operation Hadarin Daji. This followed terrorists’ attack on a military camp in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Sunday.

The Director, Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, who made this confirmation on Tuesday, said the military recorded four casualties contrary to five, which was earlier reported. He noted that there were two ambushes and that five soldiers in the process of defending territorial integrity of Nigeria sustained minor injuries in the second operation.

“In the second ambush incident 5 soldiers sustained minor injuries of gunshot wounds and the soldiers have been stabilized as they were evacuated to FOB Faskari for medication care.” According to him, there have never been any operations carried out by the troops, where scores of terrorists were never neutralized, stressing that air components of the operation were reinforced during the ambush.

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