Boko Haram terrorists attack military base in Nigeria

Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists launched a large assault on a military base in Nigeria's remote northeast region and killed one soldier, defense officials said Sunday.

The attack on 145 Battalion in Gashigar, Borno State, began on Saturday and continued into early Sunday morning, said Nigerian air force spokesman Ibikunle Daramola.

"BHTs (Boko Haram terrorists) in 13 gun trucks...advanced towards the camp from two different directions," Daramola said in a statement.

Nigerian troops supported by helicopters "forced the Boko Haram terrorists to retreat from the camp," Daramola said.

"One soldier was killed in action while four others were wounded," said the Nigerian army in a statement posted on its official Twitter account.

The army repelled an assault on Gashigar in September by militants in trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns.

There have been at least nine military base attacks since July, mostly in the northern part of Borno state, near the shores of Lake Chad.

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