{"id":5119,"date":"2026-03-09T11:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=5119"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:03:33","slug":"troops-repel-terrorist-attack-in-sambisa-recover-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/troops-repel-terrorist-attack-in-sambisa-recover-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops repel terrorist attack in Sambisa, recover weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Troops of Operation Desert Sanity under the Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK, have repelled a terrorist attack on their position in Borno, killing at least two insurgents and recovering weapons and communication equipment.<br \/><br \/>A counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a post on X.<br \/><br \/>Sources said the attack occurred at about 2:20 am on Sunday when terrorists attempted to attack Special forces troops on clearance Operations in Sambisa forest.<br \/><br \/><br \/>The troops, however, engaged the attackers in a fierce firefight and successfully repelled the assault without recording any casualty.<br \/><br \/>According to the report, no soldier was killed or wounded during the encounter, and no military equipment was damaged.<br \/><br \/>\u201cFollowing the repulsion of the attack, troops conducted exploitation of the area where two terrorist corpses were sighted with traces of blood, indicating that the insurgents evacuated some of their dead and wounded,\u201d a source said.<br \/><br \/>Items recovered from the terrorists include one PKT machine gun, three rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) bombs, 51 rounds of 7.62 x 51mm ammunition, and 108 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ammunition.<br \/><br \/>Troops also recovered two Baofeng communication radios, one Redmi Android mobile phone, and three Airtel SIM cards believed to belong to the insurgents.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troops of Operation Desert Sanity under the Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK, have repelled a terrorist attack on their position in Borno, killing at least two insurgents and recovering weapons and communication equipment. 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