Nigerian Soldier, Kills Colleague, Female Aid Worker, Injures Pilot, Other UN Staff In Borno

A Nigerian Army soldier attached to the Special Forces of the 25 Task Force (TF) Brigade in the remote town of Damboa, Borno State has been reportedly gunned down after he went wild, killing an unarmed civilian, his fellow soldier and injuring many others.It was learnt that the soldier opened fire, resulting in the killing of at least one female humanitarian aid worker and also injured a United Nations pilot.

The soldier was said to have walked off his base at about 3pm Thursday and went on a shooting rampage using an AK-47 rifle.

The situation forced the international non-governmental organisation passengers waiting to board a helicopter back to Maiduguri to scamper for safety, a source in the United Nations told Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad.

According to the report, after the soldier exhausted his bullet, he brought out a jack knife and stabbed a female staff of Medecins du Monde (France) on Nigeria Mission, four times killing her before injuring the helicopter pilot.

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