Fighting Insurgency: MNJTF Kills 42 ISWAP Members, Destroys Gun Trucks - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
June 22, 2019
TheMultinational Joint Task Force has killed 42 members of the Islamic State WestAfrica Province during a clearance operation on the Lake Chad Island on Friday,while several others escaped with gunshot wound.
TheChief of Military Public Information of the MNJTF, Colonel Timothy Antigha, whoconfirmed this in a statement on Saturday, said this was the greatest losssuffered by the terrorists in the last six months.
Accordingto Antigha, troops effectively suppressed ISWAP and successfully conducted theclearance operation.
Hesaid the terrorists also lost equipment as two of their gun trucks, and threemotorcycles were destroyed, while troops recovered two light machine guns andtwo AK 47 riffles from them.
Antighasaid earlier in the week, ISWAP also met a similar fate when they attempted toattack MNJTF troops in Sector 1 Foward Operation Base in Ngouma in Cameroon.
Hesaid in that engagement, ISWAP lost five terrorists, while one was captured.
TheMNJTF spokesman also said that 13 AK 47 riffles and 2 hand grenades wererecovered from the encounter.