Photos: Army gives Boko Haram another bloody nose
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chukwu who said the terrorists came to attack the military formation at 6pm were outmatched by the superior firepower of nigerian soldiers3 the troops engaged and subdued the terrorists following a superior fire power of troops in damasak3 the troops aggressive posture tactics and marksmanship resulted in neutralising many boko haram terrorists he said3 the terrorists have been on the back foot since buratai visited the frontlines and the reverses suffered may explain why they killed health worker with the red cross and also threatened to kill leah sharibu a student of dapchi girls secondary school who they held hostage since march1 as a result 1 gpmggeneral purpose machine gun and 2 ak 47 and several rounds of ammunition belonging to the terrorists were recovered1 as at the time of filing this report troops were still exploiting the general areas in search of some bhts who escaped with gunshot wounds1 the troops of the 21 brigade were on a clearance patrol in support of operation rainbow when they ran into the ambush on sunday morning1 last week thursday at least seven boko haram fighters were killed by nigerian troops in damasak spokesman brig. texas chukwu said1 the nigerian troops of the 222 battalion have dealt another deadly blow to boko haram terrorists after foiling an ambush laid by the group along the maiduguri-bama axis1 there was serious exchange of gunfire reported the nigerian army on its twitter handle1 the gallant troops of 222 battalion were reportedly high on morale as a result of the just concluded assurance visit to the theatre of operation by the coas lt gen ty buratai they successfully cleared the ambush1 on 14 september the nigerian air force working in concert with the army tracked and destroyed some boko haram terrorists bht and four vehicles as they were attempting to launch fresh attacks on ground troops locations at gudumbali and damasak in borno1 air commodore ibikunle daramola naf director of public relations and information saidthe mission was initiated following intelligence reports indicating that a convoy of bht vehicles had been sighted within the damasak gudumbali axis1