At least 26 members of the Nigerian security forces were killed and eight wounded in an ambush by gunmen in central Nigeria late Sunday 13 August 2023, two military sources told AFP. THE SOUTH AFRICAN reports.
Additionally, an air force spokesman said a helicopter rescuing the wounded crashed on Monday morning in the area where the army is fighting criminal groups without specifying whether the crew and passengers had survived.JAMB Result
The two military officers asked not to be identified because they were not authorised to speak on the incident, while military authorities were not available for comment.
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A second officer gave the same toll and said the bandits also suffered “heavy casualties”. He also said that communication had been lost with an air force helicopter dispatched to evacuate the casualties, with 11 of the dead and seven of the injured aboard.InformationGuideNigeria
He said the helicopter was carrying 11 of the dead and seven of the wounded. He added that the aircraft had crashed because of gunfire from “bandits”.
A Nigerian air force spokesman confirmed that its Mi-171 helicopter, while on a “casualty evacuation mission”, crashed on Monday after take-off from Zungeru.
“The aircraft had departed Zungeru Primary School en route for Kaduna but was later discovered to have crashed near Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State,” spokesman Edward Gabkwet said in a statement.JAMB Portal
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