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43 soldiers die in Nigerian road accident
At least 43 Nigerian soldiers who just returned from a peacekeeping mission in Darfur were killed on Thursday in a road accident in the north of Nigeria, a military source said.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:24 May 22, 2008
Lagos: At least 43 Nigerian soldiers who just returned from a peacekeeping mission in Darfur were killed on Thursday in a road accident in the north of Nigeria, a military source said.
The soldiers, including an army captain, were in a convoy of seven vehicles in northeastern Yobe state when one of them collided with an oncoming petrol tanker, the source said.
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