Soldiers kill at least 25 Islamic militants in Nigeria

Source: AFP

LAGOS (AFP) - Nigerian soldiers killed at least 25 Islamic militants on Wednesday, the second day of violent clashes in the northern city of Kano, an army spokesman said.

"I understand that our troops killed at least 25 members of the criminal group terrorising Kano. The operation to flush them out is still on," Colonel Ayo Olaniyan told AFP.

On Tuesday, members of the Islamist group attacked a Kano suburban police post in broad daylight killing the station chief, his wife and 11 officers.

A combined police and army operation was mounted on Wednesday morning to dislodge the militants after they briefly occupied the police post before escaping to a nearby waterworks complex.



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Or at least are open about it. :sarcasm:

Kano's in the news again. I wonder if the police were Xian. If so, can we expect the usual much bigger flap over Xian tit-for-tat rioting and rampaging?