Mainok attack
Boko Haram attack in Northeast Nigeria
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On 25 April 2021, a large group of ISWAP insurgents killed 33 soldiers in Mainok, a town 36 miles (58 kilometres) west of Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria.[1][2]
| Mainok attack | |||||||
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| Part of the Boko Haram insurgency | |||||||
Location of Borno State in Nigeria | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Nigeria |
 ISWAP | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 33 soldiers killed | Unknown | ||||||
The terror attacks
Wearing military camouflage, the militants arrived in four mine-resistant trucks, a scorpion armored personnel carrier, and several gun trucks. They split into three groups before attacking the army base. At the base, ISWAP destroyed a T-55 battle tank, a BTR-4EN, and stole several MRAPs.[3][4][5] The attackers fled to their camp around the Lawan Mainari axis, as the air force carried out airstrikes against them.[2][6] When the ISWAP terrorists were confronted with military planes heading towards them to attack them, they set fire to the police station in Mainok in a rage and then fled to the primary school there.[7]
When soldiers arrived from Damaturu in response, ISWAP ambushed the reinforcements, killing three, injuring nine, and stealing a MRAP.[6] An air force drone accidentally bombed a vehicle belonging to the army, killing 20.[8][6]
