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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
  • Gulf News

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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