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Combined troops of Operation HADIN KAI person repelled a violent ambush aft an improvised explosive instrumentality (IED) detonated on the Damboa–Kumala roadworthy successful Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the incidental occurred astatine astir 1 p.m. connected Friday, July 4, portion troops from 19 Battalion (Mechanised), 25 Brigade Garrison, supported by members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), were escorting 63 civilian vehicles to Kumala.
The sources said the convoy deed an IED connected the main proviso way betwixt Damboa, Bulabulin and Kumala. Moments aft the blast, suspected terrorists launched an ambush astir 2 kilometres distant from the detonation site.
The troops rapidly returned occurrence and overpowered the attackers, forcing them to withdraw.
Although the detonation damaged the tyres of 2 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, nary soldiers oregon civilians were injured.
“The damaged tyres were replaced astatine the scene, aft which the troops completed the ngo and safely escorted 71 civilian vehicles connected the instrumentality travel from Kumala to Damboa,” the sources added.
Military sources said the palmy cognition demonstrated the committedness of Operation HADIN KAI troops to keeping cardinal proviso routes unfastened and ensuring civilians tin question safely contempt ongoing violent threats successful north-east Nigeria.
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