Scores Killed as Military Jets Destroy B’Haram Terrorists’ ‘Meeting’ Venue
Troops of the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE have eliminated scores of Boko Haram fighters after destroying some facilities serving as hideout for the insurgents at Kacha Korle, in Borno State.
According to the Defence Media Operations (DMO), the operation was executed, on Wednesday, at the Sambisa Forest general area.
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Emergency Digest learnt that intelligence reports indicated that the location was being used as a staging area and meeting venue for the terrorists, from where they planned and launched attacks against troops’ locations and civilian settlements within the Sector 1 Area of Responsibility, including the Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway.
The DMO, in a statement by its Coordinator, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, said the Air Task Force, acting on the intelligence, swiftly dispatched an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft and fighter jets to attack the hideout.
“Overhead the target area, many BHT fighters were observed in and around some prominent structures. These were engaged in successive passes by the attack aircraft leading to the destruction of some of the structures as well as the neutralization of several of the terrorists,” he added.
