Chadian soldiers have killed
more than 200 Boko Haram terrorists as the soldiers recaptured Nigerian town of
Gamboru after the Islamist terrorist group attacked a military base in Cameroon
and were chased into north-eastern Nigeria.
In the encounter, according to
Chad’s military chief in a statement, nine Chadian soldiers were killed and 21
injured when the insurgents attacked the base of the Multinational Joint
Taskforce, a coalition Chad, Niger and Nigeria formed to fight Boko
Haram.
Chad’s military chief said:
“We regret nine dead and 21 wounded. On the enemy side, more than 200
deaths…,” adding that the toll could rise since clean-up operations in the
Nigerian town of Gamboru were continuing.
The Chadian soldiers
reportedly pursued the Boko Haram fighters into Nigeria and followed them to
their bases in the towns of Gamboru and Ngala in Borno State, the general said
in a statement published on the Chadian news website, Al Wihda.
Soldiers destroyed a dozen Boko Haram vehicles loaded with heavy weapons and about a hundred motorbikes and seized a canon, according to the statement.
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