{"id":224,"date":"2026-04-23T08:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=224"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:27:59","slug":"224","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/23\/224\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Killed in Terror Attack in Nigeria\u2019s Borno State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least 11 people have been killed in a terrorist attack in northeastern Nigeria, authorities and local sources reported.<\/p>\n<p>The attack took place in the Bupagu area of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State, where suspected militants linked to Boko Haram carried out a gun assault on civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Two others were injured in the incident and have been admitted to hospital, where they are receiving intensive treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Residents said the victims were buried yesterday, following the deadly attack in which armed militants entered the village and opened fire indiscriminately.<\/p>\n<p>Security reports indicate that violence in the region has escalated due to the activities of extremist groups, including factions linked to the Islamic State, as well as criminal gangs involved in kidnapping, ransom demands, and illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>These groups continue to target rural communities, raising concerns over ongoing instability and civilian safety in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 11 people have been killed in a terrorist attack in northeastern Nigeria, authorities and local sources reported. The attack took place in the Bupagu area of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State, where suspected militants linked to Boko Haram carried out a gun assault on civilians. Two others were injured in the incident &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}