Air Foce jets destroy Boko Haram camp in Borno

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(Nigeria) The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, during a night operation conducted Monday,  successfully destroyed a new Boko Haram camp located between Malam Fatori and Kangarwa in Northern of Borno State.
Air Force, Director of Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa in a statement on Tuesday, said that “The new camp is about 4-6km away from the Boko Haram location attacked earlier on  August 20, 2016 by NAF Mi-17 helicopter within the same vicinity in a similar night operation that led to the death of about 300 insurgents.
“The post-strike Battle Damage Assessment, BDA, mission had revealed that surviving BHTs converged at the new location. The information was later confirmed to be true by series of follow-up Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, ISR, missions that led to the latest strike. Recall that the general area around Malam Fatori and Kangarwa is infested with Boko Haram hence the need to clear the remnants of insurgents in the area.
“The air assault is therefore expected to further degrade the capability of the insurgents while fostering the creation of the necessary enablement for own ground troops to operate.
“Meanwhile, NAF Alpha Jets have helped to repel an attack by BHTs on troops of 153 Battalion who were on fighting patrol at Ala Lumshe. The troops, on August 27, 2016, had come under attack from Boko Haram insurgents about 4km south of Marte when the Alpha Jets were called-in to dislodge the insurgents,” the statement added.

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