Airstrikes reportedly kill 38 suspected terrorists in Borno

Airstrikes by Operation Hadin Kai person reportedly killed astir 38 suspected terrorists successful aggregate precision airstrikes conducted crossed Borno State.

The strikes were carried retired betwixt the nighttime of August 21 and the aboriginal hours of August 22, 2026, pursuing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions that detected movements of suspected terrorists successful abstracted locations.

According to information expert Zagazola Makama, the archetypal cognition took spot astir Aduwa astatine astir 10:23 p.m. on Friday, aft an equipped reconnaissance craft received quality connected the beingness of violent vehicles and fighters.

The craft tracked the suspects to a colony wherever respective fighters had gathered.

A precision onslaught connected the larger attraction was assessed to person killed astir 16 suspected terrorists.

Makama said the cognition continued aft midnight, erstwhile the craft tracked astir 10 terrorists who had fled the archetypal onslaught and regrouped adjacent a tree.

He said different onslaught was subsequently carried retired connected the group, with conflict harm appraisal indicating that the 10 terrorists were besides neutralised.

“The combined precision onslaught operations truthful accounted for astir 26 terrorists,” Makama reported.

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