TheCable

At least three soldiers attached to the 25 task force brigade of Operation Hadin Kai have been reportedly injured after running into an improvised explosive device (IED) in Borno.

According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the IED was suspected to have been planted by the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP).

Intelligence sources told the publication that the troop encountered the IED during a fighting patrol between  Sabon Gari – Wajiroko on Friday. 

The source said the three injured soldiers sustained minor bruises on their bodies and were evacuated to the hospital for medical attention

TheCable had reported how ISWAP fighters allegedly killed 10 residents in Dogsa village in Yobe state.

The residents were said to have been killed on Thursday evening while searching for one Shettima Dawi — who went missing after leaving home to get firewood.

Zagazola Makama said the bodies of the deceased were recovered and buried on Friday afternoon.