Troops of Sector 3 Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF have killed three Islamic State of the West African Province, ISWAP terrorists during a clearance operation on the fringes of Lake Chad.
It was gathered that the terrorists were killed on Sunday, May 28 by the troops of 86 Battalion in the fringes of Malam Fatori in Abadam Local Government Area in Borno State, North-East Nigeria.
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Intelligence sources told counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, Zagazola Makama that two AK-47 rifles were recovered from the terrorists while one soldier sustained gunshot injury during the encounter.
The wounded person was flown to the Military Hospital in Maiduguri for medical attention.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)