Armed Militants Kill 11 in Nigeria's Kebbi State

0:00On March 25th, armed militants ambushed Nigerian security forces in Kebi State in the northwest, killing nine soldiers, one police officer, and one, local resident. The attack happened Tuesday as troops responded to a distress call in the village of Jiro Masa. Several soldiers were also wounded. The governor of Kebi, Naseer Idris, visited the injured at a hospital and pledged full support for the victim's families. Officials from the scene showed burned security vehicles along a rural road lined with forests. This incident fits into a broader pattern of violence in Nigeria's troubled northwest, where armed groups frequently hit security teams and isolated. Villages with little government reach. Residents point fingers at the Islamic State's the Hell Province, known locally as Lakhirawa, which has ramped up deadly strikes in Kebi and neighboring. Sakoto, near the Niger border. The group has ties to Niger and grew bolder after that country's military coup last year. Effors to counter Lakhirawa continue, including a U.S.-backed strike with Nigerian forces

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