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Nigerian Soldier Suffering From Depression Kills Superior

Nigerian Soldier Suffering From Depression Kills Superior

July 30, 2020 1:37 pm

A soldier in 202 Battalion of 21 Special Armoured Brigade Bama, Borno State, has killed an officer, Lt. Babakaka Ngorgi.

The incident happened around 10:30 am on Wednesday when the soldier approached the officer who was making a call in front of the unit’s headquarters and gunned him down.

The acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, said the soldier had been arrested and is undergoing investigation.

According to him, the general situation in the unit is calm.

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Musa in a statement titled, ‘Nigerian soldier suffering from …

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Soldier In Kirikiri For Demanding For Promised Weapons

February 11, 2020 12:08 pm

The exclusive interview with a soldier who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for asking a brigade commander who promised them weapons to fight Boko Haram terrorist in Maiduguri, where the weapons were after over 30 soldiers in his troops were killed.

The soldiers who pass through so much pain, because of injustice in military were first sentence to deaths.

On the interview with pulsetv Africa the soldier said that he was sentence not because he committed crime, but in the cause of his job.

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He said they were …

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Soldier Kills 20 In Shopping Mall In Shooting Rampage

February 8, 2020 9:45 am

A Thai soldier has gone on a shooting spree in Korat city, Nakhon Ratchasima, north eastern Thailand, killing no fewer than 20 people.

Police were searching for the soldier, who was reportedly armed with an assault rifle and is holed up inside the Terminal 21 shopping centre.

Reports identified the soldier as Sgt. Jakkrapanth Thomma.

Police said that he stole a Humvee vehicle from his army base and then went on a shooting rampage around the city. Jakkrapan later went inside the Terminal 21 shopping mall and started shooting shoppers.

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Turkish Soldier Killed In Syrian Kurd Attack - Minister

Turkish Soldier Killed In Syrian Kurd Attack – Minister

October 20, 2019 6:26 am
A Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in an attack by Syrian Kurdish forces on Sunday despite a ceasefire deal brokered by the United States, the defense ministry said.

“One of our heroic comrades fell martyr and another was wounded after anti-tank and small arms fire by… terrorists during their reconnaissance and surveillance mission” in the Tal Abyad border area, the ministry said in a statement.

The army returned fire in self-defense, it added. Turkey had agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days to allow Kurdish forces to withdraw from a safe zone along the border.

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Police nab soldier, others for alleged kidnapping

Police nab soldier, others for alleged kidnapping

May 27, 2019 9:56 pm

The police in Anambra State have arrested members of a four-man gang for alleged kidnapping.

The suspects allegedly wore military uniforms to deceive and kidnap people.

Three of them, including a lance corporal in the Army, were wearing military uniforms and vests when they were nabbed by the police last Friday after allegedly abducting Uchenna Ezeonu in Ekwulobia, Anambra State, the police said.

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The suspects, Obasi Peter, Benjamin Nicholas and Ojiegbe Obinna, were arrested alongside three suspected accomplices.

Confirming the arrest, police spokesperson Haruna Mohammed said the victim was
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Jihadists kill Nigerian soldier, injure others in Mali

Jihadists kill Nigerian soldier, injure others in Mali

May 19, 2019 9:45 pm

A Nigerian soldier was killed and another compatriot was injured in two attacks on the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, UN officials said on Sunday.

Gunmen attacked the UN troops in Timbuktu in the north of the country, where several groups of militants are active, according to Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres.

The Nigerian peacekeepers attacked have not been identified.

A further three UN soldiers from Chad were injured in Tessalit in the northern Kidal region near the border with Algeria when their vehicle drove over an explosive device.

The UN chief, Antonio Guterres expressed his “heartfelt …

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