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Troops Repel ISWAP Attack In Borno, Kill 10
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai in collaboration with Multi National Joint Task force (MNJTF) have repelled an attack by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Borno state.
Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region reported that the terrorists reportedly attacked the troops at about 10 am on Thursday in Abadam LGA.
The publication said the ISWAP terrorists made an audacious attempt to infiltrate the advancing troops harbor using a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED).
Zagazola quoted sources as saying that the troops with support from the Air Task Force killed some of the terrorists while others were forced to flee.
“Two of the terrorists’ vehicles were destroyed and about 10 of them were killed,” a source was quoted as saying.
The development comes days after the troops of sector 3 MNJTF repelled an attack by the ISWAP fighters in Monguno, a northern Borno town.