Troops of 222 Battalion, Operation Hadin Kai have killed several members of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, in the North East of Konduga in Borno state.
It was gathered that the attackers launched the attack with heavy gunfire on the military formation guarding the trenches in the area at about 6:45 pm, at the time Muslim faithful were breaking their Ramadan fast.
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A counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, disclosed in Maiduguri that the troops swiftly engaged the terrorists in a fierce gun battle forcing them to withdraw
The troops, led by their Commander, chased the fleeing terrorists who attempted to escape towards the axis of the Sambisa forest and killed seven of them.
The source said, “we recovered their truck, Anti Aircraft Gun, and all their weapons. No casualty was recorded on the side of the troops during the attack”.
Meanwhile, in a separate encounter, the troops of Operation Hadin Kai also ambushed and killed five Boko Haram terrorists and recovered their weapons.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
