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Nigerian military strikes Boko Haram's new hideout

Xinhua, January 17, 2017 Adjust font size:

The Nigerian Air Force said it had carried out operations to strike the new hideout of terror group Boko Haram in the country's northeast region, denying the terrorists the opportunity to regroup for more attacks.

Nigerian Air Force spokesman Ayodele Famuyiwa said in a statement that air troops had successfully destroyed the new camp of Boko Haram situated about 1 nautical mile south of Tumbum Rego in northern Borno.

In coordinated day and night operations, a helicopter gunship and fighter jets were deployed for the onslaught, Famuyiwa said in the statement released late Monday.

Boko Haram has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced 2.3 million other since their insurgency started in 2009.

However, Nigeria has made considerable gain on the Boko Haram front, with its security forces having dislodged the Boko Haram fighters from the Sambisa Forest, their last enclave in the country.

The Nigerian military is currently intensifying aerial and ground patrol in the country's northeast, extending its offensive mission around the Green Belt Region near Niger and Chad. Endit