{"id":34122,"date":"2020-12-30T17:40:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T17:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=34122"},"modified":"2020-12-30T16:15:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T16:15:38","slug":"nigerian-troops-smoke-iswap-terrorists-in-military-uniform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-troops-smoke-iswap-terrorists-in-military-uniform","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian troops smoke ISWAP terrorists in military uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nigerian troops have again eliminated terrorists in Borno.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers ambushed them on Tuesday at Tunkushe village, 20 kilometers from Maiduguri, the State capital.<\/p>\n<p>The insurgents were dressed in military uniforms and moved in two Hilux that had anti-aircraft guns.<\/p>\n<p>A military source told PRNigeria that they were suspected Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were repelled by the troops of 212 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in a heavy gunfight that lasted for more than 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile two soldiers were wounded, at least three dead bodies of the attackers were seen. Troops are pursuing fleeing terrorists\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>AK 47 rifles, buffen radio and various types of ammunition were recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Nigerian troops have again eliminated terrorists in Borno. Soldiers ambushed them on Tuesday at Tunkushe village, 20 kilometers from Maiduguri, the State capital. The insurgents were dressed in military uniforms and moved in two Hilux that had anti-aircraft guns. A military source told PRNigeria that they were suspected Islamic State in West [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":34121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,718,254,2078],"class_list":["post-34122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-iswap","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-troops"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerian troops smoke ISWAP terrorists in military uniform - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nigerian troops have again eliminated terrorists in Borno.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-troops-smoke-iswap-terrorists-in-military-uniform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian troops smoke ISWAP terrorists in military uniform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigerian troops have again eliminated terrorists in Borno.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-troops-smoke-iswap-terrorists-in-military-uniform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-30T17:40:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5feca784a17d5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-troops-smoke-iswap-terrorists-in-military-uniform#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-troops-smoke-iswap-terrorists-in-military-uniform\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerian troops smoke ISWAP terrorists in military uniform\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-30T17:40:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-troops-smoke-iswap-terrorists-in-military-uniform\"},\"wordCount\":121,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-troops-smoke-iswap-terrorists-in-military-uniform#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/img-5feca784a17d5.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"ISWAP\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nigerian Troops\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-troops-smoke-iswap-terrorists-in-military-uniform#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-troops-smoke-iswap-terrorists-in-military-uniform\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-troops-smoke-iswap-terrorists-in-military-uniform\",\"name\":\"Nigerian troops smoke ISWAP terrorists in military uniform - 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