At least 26 members of the Nigerian security forces are killed and eight wounded in an ambush by gunmen in central Nigeria, two military sources say
The MI-171 helicopter crashed near Chukuba village in the Shiroro local government area. / Photo: Reuters Archive
An air force spokesperson 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. Barely a week goes by in Africa's most populous nation without attacks or kidnappings by criminals known as"bandits" in the northwest and centre.
Western officials and observers have commented that last month's coup in Niger came at a precarious time.
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