Islamic State claims it killed 10 soldiers in northeastern Nigeria
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Several sources in Nigeria, including one military source, confirmed the claim. They said the fighters stormed the town at roughly 1745 local time (1645 GMT), overran military personnel and raided local shops. The fighters fled after the military called in air force support and reinforcements from a battalion in Gubio, a neighbouring town.
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has carried out a string of attacks in Nigeria in recent months. The group split in 2016 from Nigeria-based Boko Haram, which has waged a decade-long insurgency in northeast Nigeria that has killed some 30,000 people and displaced a further 2 million. (Reporting By Hesham Hajali in Cairo; Additional reporting by the Maiduguri newsroom and Paul Carsten in Abuja; Writing by Libby George; Editing by Jan Harvey)
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