Military Kills 53 Terrorists, Loses Two Soldiers via thisdaylive
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have killed 53 terrorists during clashes that spanned one week, including the counter attack in Monguno, Borno State while jet fighters eliminated scores of insurgents in Garin Maloma on the fringes of Sambisa Forest in a subsidiary operation tagged “Long Reach”.
On the Garin Maloma air strikes, the military said the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole destroyed a compound housing some high-value Boko Haram Terrorist leaders and neutralised some of their fighters at Garin Maloma on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. “The attack at Garin Maloma, a major node in the BHT’s line of communication in the Sambisa Forest axis, was undertaken based on credible intelligence reports as well as days of surveillance missions indicating that the terrorists had begun using one of the compounds in the settlement for accommodation and training of their fighters.
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