Read the press release by the acting director army public relations, Col SK Usman
Troops of 119 Task Force Battalion stationed in Kangarwa northern
Borno State, have successfully repelled an attack by Boko Haram
terrorists Tuesday evening.
The attack which started at about 6.30pm, was successfully repelled
after about 3 hours of exchange of heavy gunfire that inflicted
tremendous casualty on the terrorists. Unfortunately, 1 of our gallant
soldiers paid the supreme price, while 11 were wounded in action. One of
the unit’s Gun truck was badly damaged.
As at this morning, the troops counted 25 bodies of the Boko Haram
terrorists and recovered 2 Rocket Propelled Grenade 7 (RPG 7) tubes, a
60mm Mortar tube, 2 Machine Guns, 12 AK-47 rifles and one Light Machine
Gun.
The body of the gallant soldiers and those wounded in action are
being evacuated while the unit is carrying out mop up operation. Please
recalled that the Chief of Army Staff visited the troops’ location on
7th July 2016.
Thank you for your kind and usual cooperation.
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