| Submit your comments on this article |
| Africa Subsaharan |
| Nigeria: Troops Kill 10 Boko Haram Fighters, Capture 2 in Borno |
| 2016-06-13 |
| [ALLAFRICA] The Nigerian Army on Saturday confirmed the killing of 10 suspected Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... fighters after a clearance operation in Gamboru-Ngala, Borno. Col. Sani Usman, the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, said this in a statement in Maiduguri. Usman said that two other suspects were captured alive by the troops during the operation. He said based on information received that the snuffies earlier dislodged at Chukungudu and Hausari villages were migrating towards Muska village in Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area, troops of 3 Battalion, 22 Task Force Brigade, conducted operations in the area. "During the encounter, the troops killed 10 Boko Haram terrorists, captured two alive and rescued a woman with her baby held hostage by the terrorists," Usman said. He said that the troops also recovered arms and ammunition during the exercise. The army front man said items recovered included six AK-47 rifle magazines and 56 rounds of 7.62m (special) rounds of ammunition. Also recovered were one bundle of detonating cord, a manual on how to prepare Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) , two rifle magazine pouches, a Techno IPad, a Nokia cell phone and one Gionee cell phone. Others included one Digital Multimetre, six SIM cards, three memory cards and one Airtel Modem containing memory card. He said that the captured suspects were undergoing interrogation by the military. "The captured snuffies are undergoing preliminary interrogation while the rescued woman and her child are receiving necessary attention pending onward movement to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp. |
| Posted by:Fred |