{"id":38862,"date":"2015-05-23T18:48:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T17:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=38862"},"modified":"2015-05-23T18:48:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T17:48:18","slug":"20-women-rescued-from-sambisa-forest-as-troops-kill-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/20-women-rescued-from-sambisa-forest-as-troops-kill-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Women Rescued From Sambisa Forest As Troops Kill Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432402297549_11011\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432402297549_10973\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432402297549_11010\" class=\"email-wrapped\">\nThe Defence Headquarters on Saturday said scores of Boko Haram terrorists<br \/>\nhad died and 20 women and children had been rescued during a military<br \/>\noperation in Sambisa Forest in Borno State, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>This is contained in a statement by the Director of Defence Information,<br \/>\nMaj.-Gen Chris Olukolade, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dDespite continuous encounter with large number of land mines, which still<br \/>\nlitter the Sambisa Forest, troops have forged ahead with the ongoing<br \/>\noffensive operations as scores of the terrorists died in the assault on<br \/>\ntheir bases on Friday,\u201d Olukolade said.<\/p>\n<p>He said several of the terrorists\u2019 weapons and equipment were destroyed<br \/>\nduring the encounter.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, over 10 soldiers were, however, wounded, while one died,<br \/>\nfollowing explosions of land mines along the routes of advance.<\/p>\n<p>He said some equipment were also damaged or affected by the detonation of<br \/>\nland mines in several points in the forest.<\/p>\n<p>Olukolade added, \u201dA total of 20 women and children were rescued at the end<br \/>\nof the Friday operation.They have all been airlifted out of the forest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe wounded soldiers have also been moved out for necessary treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dTwo major ammunition dumps, maintained by the terrorists in the forest<br \/>\nwere also destroyed, along with the four additional terrorists camps that<br \/>\nwere smashed in the operation of Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that an armoured tank and over 10 vehicles, of various types,<br \/>\nbeing used for terrorists operations as well as 70 motorcycles and 15<br \/>\ntricycles had also perished during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>The Defence spokesman said air and artillery bombardment of identified<br \/>\nterrorists camps and locations in various parts of the forest, including<br \/>\nthe Alafa aspect, were still ongoing as troops continued the offensive<br \/>\nagainst the terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Olukolade added that a cordon-and-search operation around Bitta, Borno<br \/>\nState, had been intensified following an incident, where two young boys<br \/>\nwere wounded after picking up a grenade from a refuse dump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defence Headquarters on Saturday said scores of Boko Haram terrorists had died and 20 women and children had been rescued during a military operation in Sambisa Forest in Borno&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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