Jihadists kill five soldiers in Nigeria's northeast

“We lost five soldiers in the surprise attack on the checkpoint.”

Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province in several trucks opened fire on troops at a checkpoint outside the town of Mainok in Borno state on Wednesday, they said.

Another military source said the five soldiers manning the checkpoint were “outgunned” by the insurgents.The army said late Wednesday its troops killed nine “Boko Haram terrorists” in an ambush, outside Mainok. The area has seen an upsurge in abductions of civilians, prompting increased military deployments to confront the insurgents.

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