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Nigerian military clears more terrorist camps

Xinhua, November 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Nigerian troops operating in northeast part of the country said on Friday that they had cleared nine more suspected Boko Haram terrorist camps in its operations in restive Borno State.

Spokesperson for the Army in the state, Col. Tukur Gusau, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

"In a major boost, troops of 115 Task Force Battalion under 28 Task Force Brigade while on clearance operations between Nov. 4 and 5, cleared nine more terrorists strongholds around Lassa axis," he said.

The terrorists' camps include Lassa, Muthavo, Dagukumabza, Isge, Unworozangore, Kilekasa and Pumpum, Gusau said, adding that four Boko Haram terrorists met their Waterloo in the hands of gallant troops of the Nigerian Army during the offensive.

According to him, some of the terrorists fled, abandoning their weapons. Endit