{"id":13241,"date":"2026-05-17T19:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/17\/terrorist-attack-nigerian-military-training-center-17-dead\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T19:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:05:50","slug":"terrorist-attack-nigerian-military-training-center-17-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/17\/terrorist-attack-nigerian-military-training-center-17-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorist Attack on Nigerian Military Training Center Leaves 17 Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian police have reported that at least 17 officers were killed and several others injured following a terrorist attack on a special forces military training school in Yobe State. The incident took place in the town of Buni Yadi.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Placid, a spokesperson for the Nigerian police, said in a statement that the attackers targeted the military training center, resulting in casualties among police personnel. Additionally, several army soldiers who intervened to repel the attack also lost their lives.<\/p>\n<p>He added that &#8220;a large number&#8221; were also wounded in the incident, but precise details regarding the number of injured have not been released. Security forces launched necessary operations in the area following the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Olatunji Disu, Nigeria&#8217;s Inspector General of Police, described the fallen officers as &#8220;brave and patriotic,&#8221; expressing condolences to their families and emphasizing that the sacrifices made by security personnel to ensure the country&#8217;s safety will not be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has faced attacks from armed groups, including Boko Haram and the West African branch of ISIS (ISWAP), in parts of its territory over recent years. These groups have frequently targeted military, security, and civilian centers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A terrorist attack on a Nigerian military training center in Yobe State killed 17 police officers and injured many in Buni Yadi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}