{"id":84802,"date":"2018-06-01T06:34:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T05:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=84802"},"modified":"2018-06-01T06:34:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T05:34:14","slug":"boko-haram-kills-five-soldiers-in-borno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/boko-haram-kills-five-soldiers-in-borno\/","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram kills five soldiers in Borno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five soldiers lost their lives in an ambush by Boko Haram at Pridang\u2013 Bitta in Gwoza local government area of Borno state.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Chukwu, director, army public relations, confirmed the tragic incident, saying it happened on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Chukwu said the insurgents engaged troops of 271 task force battalion deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole in a gun battle, adding that while many of them were killed, some escaped with gunshot injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile on clearance operation along Pridang \u2013 Bitta in Gwoza local government area of Borno State, fought through an ambush staged by elements of Boko Haram Terrorists,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the firefight that ensued, the gallant troops fought through the ambush, they neutralized several Boko Haram Terrorists, while others fled with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe remains of the deceased personnel have been promptly evacuated to 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five soldiers lost their lives in an ambush by Boko Haram at Pridang\u2013 Bitta in Gwoza local government area of Borno state. Texas Chukwu, director, army public relations, confirmed the tragic incident, saying it happened on Thursday. In a statement, Chukwu said the insurgents engaged troops of 271 task force battalion deployed in Operation Lafiya [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2],"tags":[22,824,825],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boko Haram kills five soldiers in Borno | New Mail Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/boko-haram-kills-five-soldiers-in-borno\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boko Haram kills five soldiers in Borno | New Mail Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Five soldiers lost their lives in an ambush by Boko Haram at Pridang\u2013 Bitta in Gwoza local government area of Borno state. 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