Nigeria, July 13 -- The Nigerian military says a preliminary forensic analysis identified three foreign terrorist facilitators, including a Palestinian and a Moroccan, as key figures behind a failed attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on troops in Borno State.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by Mohammed Goni, the acting spokesperson for Operation Hadin Kai, a joint task force in the North-east.

Mr Goni, a Nigerian Army captain, said the identification of the foreign terrorist facilitators followed an attempted infiltration of troops' position at Cross Kauwa in Kukawa Local Government Area on Saturday night, which soldiers of the task force repelled after what he described as a fierce gun battle.

He sa...