The Defence Headquarters says the Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, on Friday, killed six terrorists, after an ambush, along Buratai-Buni Gari Road, Borno.
InThe Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this revelation in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Buba said that while an army Lieutenant died in the ambush, four other personnel, who sustained injuries in action, were receiving treatment.
He, however, said troops’ reinforcement pursued the terrorists to their hideout within the Timbuktu Triangle and neutralised six of them.
According to him, troops recovered five AK-47 rifles and 103 rounds of the 7.62mm special ammunition.
“The remaining terrorists ran in disarray and the troops are in hunt of the remnant terrorists that fled the firefight,” he said.
