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BREAKING: Soldier Allegedly Kills Colleague, Shoots One NGO Staff Dead
Operation HADIN KAI regrets to inform the public of a sad occurrence at one of our military bases today
Tragedy struck on Thursday evening, an unidentified soldier was allegedly shot dead by a soldier in the North East of Nigeria.
It was gathered that the same soldier also shot and killed a staff of one of the NGOs providing humanitarian support in the North East.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Assistant Director, of Army Public Relations, Major Samson Nantip Zhakom.
The statement read, “The Theatre Command Operation HADIN KAI regrets to inform the public of a sad occurrence at one of our military bases today. A soldier shot and killed a staff of one of the NGOs providing humanitarian support in the North East.
“Same soldier also killed another soldier and injured the co-pilot of one of the UN helicopters. Owning troops on the ground immediately neutralized the errant personnel. The injured co-pilot has been stabilized while the corpses of the deceased have been moved to the 7 Division Hospital.
According to him, a Detailed investigation into the incident and subsequent remedial actions have commenced into the highly regrettable incident. Further details will be provided later
