AFN Neutralizes scores of terrorists, Destroy Their Camps at Tongule, Bone, Isari Musa in Borno State --DHQ
By Aviashima Toom, Abuja
The Defence Headquarters says its Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE under the subsidiary Operation HAIL STORM have neutralized several Boko Haram Terrorists, while several of their camps were also destroyed at Tongule, Bone and Isari Musa in Borno State
In a statement signed on Saturday by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, (DHQ) Maj. Gen. John Enenche in Abuja said, the strike on Tongule was undertaken after surveillance missions revealed continued assembly of the terrorists within the settlement at nighttime.
He noted that, the Air Task Force dispatched Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter gunships for a night attack on the location, with their barrage of rockets neutralizing several of the terrorists.
According to him, Bone, a settlement along the Yale-Kumshe axis, on the other hand, was attacked by a force package of NAF fighter jets and helicopter gunships after credible intelligence reports established that the location served as a staging area from where the terrorists launch attacks.
Stating that the NAF attack aircraft engaged the location in multiple bomb and rocket runs, destroying several of their structures and neutralizing scores of terrorists.
He also said that, at Isari B Musa several terrorists, who were observed both within and in bushes surrounding the settlement, were taken out as the NAF attack aircraft took turns in engaging the target area.
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