US military looking into images allegedly showing US soldiers killed in Niger

The Pentagon is reviewing images supposedly showing dead American soldiers from a deadly October ambush in Niger.

According to The Hill, an author/researcher tweeted that a video broadcasted by an affiliate of ISIS showed a wounded soldier and the bodies of the three other U.S. soldiers killed in the ambush.

Twelve U.S. Army soldiers along with 30 Nigerian forces were ambushed by as many as 50 militants north of Niger’s capital.

In December, it was reported that the attack was likely avoidable due to a poorly executed mission meant to collect information about ISIS leaders in the region.

The U.S. Africa Command said in a statement that they are looking into the images and claims made on Twitter.