Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), under Sector 2, have killed at least 24 terrorists.
A statement issued by the Media Information Officer of the Task Force, Lieutenant Colonel, Sani Uba said the operation was carried out during a \u201cdetermined terrorist attack on Kukareta location\u201d Thursday morning.
According to the statement, the attack, which \u201ccommenced shortly after midnight and lasted until about 0300 hours, was met with a swift and coordinated response by vigilant troops who executed a deliberate offensive-defensive action, effectively containing the assault and forcing the terrorists into a disorderly withdrawal.
\u201cDuring the engagement, troops inflicted heavy casualties on the attackers, with 24 terrorists neutralised so far.
\u201cOngoing exploitation of the battlefield has led to the recovery of a significant cache of arms and ammunition, including 18 AK-47 rifles, 3 General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG), 2 PKT automatic anti-aircraft guns, 3 RPG tubes, 2 mortar tubes, 4 hand grenades, 18 AK-47 magazines, and large quantities of belted 7.62mm ammunition for PKT systems.
\u201cTroops recorded 2 personnel wounded in action, who have been stabilised, while one reinforcing armoured tank sustained damage with all tyres blown out during the engagement.
\u201cExploitation operations are ongoing to recover additional bodies and equipment along the terrorists\u2019 withdrawal routes littered with blood trails and medical consumables.
\u201cThis successful operation highlights the resilience, combat readiness and fire superiority of OPHK troops in denying terrorists freedom of action.
\u201cOperations will continue with sustained offensive pressure to consolidate gains and decisively defeat all terrorist elements across the Joint Operations Area\u201d.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), under Sector 2, have killed at least 24 terrorists. A statement issued by the Media Information Officer of the Task Force, Lieutenant Colonel, Sani Uba said the operation was carried out during a \u201cdetermined terrorist attack on Kukareta location\u201d Thursday morning. According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n