{"id":238021,"date":"2020-07-20T13:16:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T12:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=238021"},"modified":"2020-07-20T13:18:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T12:18:19","slug":"nigerian-troops-killed-in-ambush-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=238021","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian troops killed in ambush in Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-1427529\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1418825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1418825\" style=\"width:600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1418825 jetpack-lazy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Army.jpg?resize=600%2C336&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nigerian troops killed in ambush in Katsina\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Army.jpg?resize=1024%2C573&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Army.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Army.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Army.jpg?resize=58%2C32&amp;ssl=1 58w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Army.jpg?resize=260%2C145&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Army.jpg?resize=200%2C112&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Army.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Army.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/inc\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Army.jpg?resize=600%2C336&amp;is-pending-load=1#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1418825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nigerian soldiers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There have been deadly clashes between security forces and gunmen in north-western Nigeria.<br \/>\nAn official statement from the military said troops were ambushed as they advanced on a notorious camp for criminal gangs deep inside a forest near Jibia in Katsina state.<br \/>\n<!-- between content ad --><br \/>\nIt said 17 bandits had been killed and three soldiers died in Saturday\u2019s violence.<br \/>\nBut there are reports that the army lost 16 troops \u2013 including several senior officers \u2013 and 28 others were wounded.<br \/>\nCriminal gangs on bikes frequently attack communities in north-western Nigeria, killing or kidnapping people for ransom as well as stealing livestock.<br \/>\nMore than 8,000 people have lost their lives there over the last decade. Military operations and the offer of amnesty have failed to stop the violence.<br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian soldiers There have been deadly clashes between security forces and gunmen in north-western Nigeria. An official statement from the military said troops were ambushed as they advanced on a notorious camp for criminal gangs deep inside a forest near Jibia in Katsina state. It said 17 bandits had been killed and three soldiers died [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[5115,320,1949],"class_list":["post-238021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-more","tag-army","tag-katsina","tag-soldiers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/238022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}