Nine Soldiers Reported Killed, 20 Missing After Clash With Insurgents The bodies of the slain soldiers have since been evacuated and deposited at the military hospital in Maiduguri.
At least 20 soldiers of the Operation Lafiya Dole are reportedly missing, while the bodies of nine others have been recovered in Gudumbali town of Borno State.
Sources, however, said some of the soldiers later fled, leading to the overpowering of the military base during which nine soldiers got killed in battle.The bodies of the slain soldiers have since been evacuated and deposited at the military hospital in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. But it is not clear if the terrorists abducted some of the missing soldiers as claimed, as only the outcome of a search party and a headcount would determine that.
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