source: Vanguard (Nigeria)
actor1: Military Forces of Nigeria (2015-)
actor2: Islamic State (West Africa) and/or Boko Haram - Jamaatu Ahli is-Sunnah lid-Dawati wal-Jihad
location: Sambisa Forest Reserve
notes: Troops engaged and killed 'a number' of fleeing insurgents (possibly only wounding them; the source claims five deaths, but accounts for them elsewhere) while attempting to escape the military blocking position in one of the cleared enclaves in Sambisa Forest.