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BORNO, Nigeria — The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday has confirmed the report that Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists killed five troops conducting stabilization operations in Gubio Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State.
The ambushed attack killed five soldiers with about them people wounded, and four others were reported missing.
Rocketparrot News gathered that over 30 terrorists were neutralized, while several others escaped with some degree of bullet wounds.
This was made known in a statement by Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations.
He revealed that some weapons were recovered and terrorists’ equipment and dens were destroyed.
The statement in parts read: “ While the attack resulted in the destruction of one gun truck, three TCVs, and an excavator, reinforcement team, supported by air components, was deployed to pursue the fleeing attackers."
Sources close to the scene of the attack revealed that the terrorists launched multiple assaults in an attempt to overrun a special military force stationed in Kareto, a community in Gubio LGA.
“The first attack occurred on August 16 at 6:00 a.m., where 18 soldiers were killed, and several others injured, while six insurgents were neutralized,” the source said.
“In another attack on Tuesday, five soldiers were killed, but over 30 terrorists were eliminated in subsequent engagements, with no further casualties reported on our side.
"The special forces had recently arrived in Kareto and were preparing to facilitate the return of displaced villagers by constructing trenches when the insurgents launched their assault."
The Defence Headquarters said it would continue to monitor and investigate the attack, adding that reinforcement efforts were on-going to combat terrorist threats in the region.
