Troops of Sector 1 of the Multinational Joint Task
Force (MNJTF) have repelled a coordinated attack by members of the Islamic
State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a military base in Darak,
Cameroon, neutralizing 10 terrorists.
Chief Military Information Officer, MNJTF
Headquarters, N’Djamena, Chad, Lt.-Col. Olaniyi Osoba, disclosed this in a
statement on Thursday.
Osoba stated that the attack occurred at dawn on Dec.
18, with the terrorists launching an assault on the Darak military base from
multiple directions.
“In a fierce gun battle, troops swiftly engaged the
terrorists, eliminating six and forcing the others to flee with varying degrees
of gunshot wounds.
“Unfortunately, five soldiers sustained injuries
during the encounter and are currently responding to medical treatment,” he
said.
According to Osoba, a follow up operation was carried
out to ambush the fleeing terrorists along their regrouping route in Mazogo, a
village located between Zamba and Djibirilli in the area.
“The troops eliminated four terrorists as they
approached the ambush zone and recovered assorted food items belonging to the
terrorists.
“The total number of terrorists neutralized in the operation now stands at 10,”
he said.
Osoba reiterated the MNJTF’s commitment to defeating
terrorist elements in the Lake Chad Basin and safeguarding regional security.
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