Nigeria.. 17 police officers were killed in an attack on the Special Forces College
Since 2009, the Nigerian authorities have been confronting the extremists of the Boko Haram movement and ISIS – West Africa Province.
Terrorist attack
A statement issued by the security forces stated that "at the Nigerian Special Forces College" On May 8.
The statement indicated that "The members who were undergoing special operational training at the institution were killed after terrorists launched a coordinated attack on the center from different locations at 1:15 p.m."
50 jihadists killed
The Nigerian army said that a day after the attack that took place in Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria, it killed at least 50 jihadists in clashes that also resulted in the killing of two soldiers.
The army explained that these clashes took place while its members repelled a coordinated attack by ISIS on its battalion headquarters in Bonny Gari, as well as a nearby checkpoint in Yobe State.
An intelligence source confirmed the attack and the counter-operation to Agence France-Presse, but explained that the army "It greatly reduced its losses and magnified the losses suffered by the terrorists"without disclosing the actual numbers.
An intelligence source said last week that the victims, including dead and wounded, were transported to Maiduguri, the capital of neighboring Borno State, in six ambulances, indicating that the exact toll is still unknown.
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