Nearly 30 were killed in suicide attack

Up to 30 soldiers have been killed in an Islamist suicide attack in northeastern Nigeria, according to sources within the country’s military.

The deed happened last Friday, in connection with a Nigerian military offensive against Islamist groups in the troubled states of Borno and Yobe.

The suicide attack was one of the deadliest in recent years, where low -intensity battles are ongoing between military forces and terrorist groups.

The suicide bomber had hidden its vehicle in dense bush cakes next to a country road, and then hit a military column on progress. Military suspects that the Islamist group of Iswap, with links to the terrorism movement, was behind the act.