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Suicide bombing kills 5 soldiers in Nigeria

Published December 16th, 2025 - 09:27 GMT
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Nigerian soldiers from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) sit on parked vehicles during training at the MNJTF military base, Sector 3 Headquarters, in Monguno, Borno state, Nigeria, on July 5, 2025. Photo by JORIS BOLOMEY / AFP

ALBAWABA - At least five soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing in Nigeria, security and local defence sources announced on Tuesday.

In detail, a suicide bomber hit a military site in Firgi near Pulka in northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon.

AFP reported, citing Umar Sa'idu, a member of a community government-sponsored militia group, who said, "I counted five bodies lying in blood at the back of my house."