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Location:
Nganzai, Nigeria, West Africa
Incident Date:
February 2, 2024
Instability Rating Max 5.0:
4.00
Deaths:
4
Fatalities type:
- Military
DESCRIPTION::
Four policemen were killed, and a cache of ammunition stolen when suspected fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked a police station in Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno State. The suspects went straight to the police quarters in Gajiram town and opened fire killing four policemen. Mobile policemen engaged the insurgents in a heavy gun battle which prevented the assailant from burning down the quarters. Troops from Operation Hadin Kai of Gajiram, a military intervention in the northeast, responded to the scene.