Militant attack in Nigerian town kills 20 soldiers, displaces 1,000 residents


  • World
  • Thursday, 09 Jan 2020

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - About 20 soldiers were killed and nearly 1,000 people made homeless in a militant attack on a town in northeastern Nigeria, two residents and a military source said on Wednesday.

The militants entered Monguno in Borno state posing as a convoy of soldiers on the evening of Jan. 7, the sources said. They then attacked troops already inside the town, destroying at least 750 homes in the process.

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