<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nAccording to sources familiar with the operation, the troops encountered resistance from the suspected terrorists, who engaged them in a gun battle before fleeing and leaving their captives behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One suspected terrorist was reportedly neutralized during the operation. The troops subsequently destroyed the camp and recovered firearms, bicycles, and other valuables. The rescued herders, who had been bound in chains, were freed by the troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zagazola Makama, a security analyst and counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad area, posted on his X handle that intelligence sources revealed the operation was conducted in response to gathered intelligence on terrorist activities in the general area. The operation took place on July 18, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe sources said that team \u2018A\u2019 of the troops discovered a large Boko Haram camp at Imimi Bulabulin, overpowered the terrorists and eliminated one of them while others escaped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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