15 soldiers, 2 civilians wounded as troops kill 57 Boko Haram members

Niger security forces killed 57 members
of Islamist militant group Boko Haram
who attacked a village in the
southeastern Diffa region overnight, the
defence ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said fifteen soldiers and
two civilians were wounded during the
attack by heavily armed men in
Gueskerou village, which is around 30
km (22 miles) northeast of Diffa town.
The defence ministry said that among
the enemy there were 57 terrorists
killed, a Toyota pick-up recovered along
with a 60 mm mortar, two rocket
propelled grenade launchers, five
machine guns, 20 AK-47s and a lot of
ammunition.
The report could not be independently
confirmed.
Boko Haram has killed 15,000 people
and displaced more than two million
during a seven-year insurgency aimed
at creating an Islamic state in Nigeria.
A regional force that includes troops
from Niger has retaken much of its
territory in the last two years.

In recent years its attacks have spilled
into neighbouring Niger, Cameroon and
Chad.
Survivors from Boko Haram attack will
always remember what they went
through because of the insurgents.
A visit was made to the IDP camp near
Abuja to see how children are being
treated after their horrible experience.