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60 boko haram, killed in raid- Nigeria Army
DIR By: Tony okey
Date: December 31, 2013, 1:26 pm
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NEW.jpg The Defence Headquarters said yesterday that
63 Boko Haram members were killed last weekend
during ground and air operations on their bases in Bama,
Borno State and Lake Chad. Two soldiers were wounded
in encounters with the insurgents. Boko Haram leader
Abubakar Shekau boasted in a new video that the sect
will wreak more havoc on Nigerians. He also derided the
$7million bounty on his head by the United States. The
military claimed that the first clash occurred at Alafa
Forest, where 56 insurgents were killed. The Nation could
not verify the facts independently. The remaining seven
fell to the repelling attacks of the Multi-National Joint
Task Force on an island in Lake Chad There was no
reaction yet as at last night by the leadership of Boko
Haram on the crossfire with government troops. The
latest Defence Headquarters figures brought the casualty
figures on the side of the sect to about 113 within two
weeks. The DHQ had last week said 50 Boko Haram
insurgents and 15 soldiers were killed in a pre-dawn
attack on Mohammed Kuru Barracks in Bama last Friday.
It also said five civilians died during the attack on the
barracks by the insurgents. A statement in Abuja by the
Director of Defence Information, Maj-Gen. Chris
Olukolade, said the operations were part of steps at
tracking fleeing insurgents who attacked Mohammed
Kuru Barracks in Bama about two weeks ago. The
statement said: “Nigerian security forces have launched
ground and air operations on terrorists locations in the
Forest at Alafa, about 21km from Bama, Borno State.
Over 56 terrorists died in the ensuing intensive fight over
the weekend. “Two soldiers were wounded in the
operation which is meant to track fleeing terrorists.
“Acting on intelligence reports which indicated renewed
efforts by the terrorists to establish a new camp in the
forests locations, the land and air operations have
inflicted heavy casualty on the insurgents as indicated by
the high level of their loss of men and materials. “Air and
land bombardments are continuing in different locations
where terrorists have been reportedly sighted. “In
another development, troops of the Multi-National Joint
Task Force have foiled an attempt by terrorists who were
massing up on an island on Lake Chad with a view to
carrying out an attack on some Nigerian communities.
“Seven of the terrorists died while others fleeing in
different direction towards Niger and Chad Republic are
being trailed by troops. “Intelligence reports have
confirmed that some of the wounded terrorists were seen
in a canoe paddling towards Tumbun Telkandam in Chad
Republic.” Shekau, in a new video, promised to
“decapitate and mutilate” more people in the name of
Allah. Ridiculing the United States for putting a bounty on
his head, he said: “You can’t in any way harm me.”
Shekau, who has been dubbed a “global terrorist” by the
US and twice been declared killed by the military,
claimed responsibility for a December 20 attack on a tank
battalion barracks in Bama, north eastern Borno State.
“Brothers pulverised 21 armoured tanks. People were
killed in their multitudes; bodies scattered all over,” he
said, adding that his forces “blew out the brains” of
soldiers who tried to hide under their blankets. “Had
Allah allowed us to eat them we would have eaten them
but we are not cannibals,” he added, according to a news
agency reports. “This is a victory from Allah.” The video
showed the terrorist leader seated on a mat, surrounded
by masked fighters. It included footage of the attack, with
burning buildings and fighter jets and armed, masked
men walking around them. The insurgents stormed the
barracks by arriving in a convoy of trucks shortly before
sunrise, opening fire on soldiers inside before torching
the compound. Witnesses said they kidnapped soldiers
along with women and children. Shekau threatened more
mayhem in the video sent to AFP on Saturday whose
authenticity has not been verified, although it is one in a
series sent to the news agency in which he features. “As
for killing, we will kill because Allah says we should
decapitate, we should amputate limbs, we should
mutilate,” he said. Thousands of people have been killed
since Boko Haram launched its uprising against the state
in 2009. Boko Haram means “Western education is
forbidden” and the militia, which has links to al Qaeda,
has attacked schools, universities and colleges, killing at
least 40 children in one attack in September.
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