The Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) lost four of their men on Wednesday while burying locally-made landmines in jihadist-wracked Borno State.
Originally intended for Nigerian soldiers against whom they are fighting, the mines exploded unexpectedly and consumed four ISWAP terrorists. The bodies of the victims were burnt beyond recognition.
Zagazola Makama reports that the terrorists had earlier provoked soldiers into a gunfight, hoping to lure them into the bomb; but the soldiers resisted unaware of the trap.
Attacks from militants waging a 14-year war have eased in Borno and other Northeast States, and though they no longer hold large swaths of territory, they still raid rural areas, hit military bases and ambush convoys.
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—Ezinwanne Onwuka reports for TruthNigeria from Abuja.
