Three attacks by Islamic extremists, including an assault on Monguno, a military garrison town, have killed more than 38 people in Nigeria’s notheastern Borno state.
The extremists from the Islamic State West Africa Province on Saturday attacked Monguno, where there are an estimated 150,000 displaced civilians, a United Nations office and a Nigerian military base.
The same group of jihadists was then believed to have carried out an attack on the strategic garrison town of Monguno several hours later.
Monguno — home to a key army base and over 150,000 people displaced by the region’s decade-long insurgency — has been repeatedly targeted by jihadists.
The Nigerian military wrote on Twitter Sunday that the army and air force had “successfully repelled” the attack on Monguno and killed 20 jihadists.
