{"id":89525,"date":"2021-12-04T13:15:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T12:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89525"},"modified":"2021-12-04T13:15:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T12:15:55","slug":"army-commander-feared-dead-as-troops-clash-with-iswap-fighters-in-rann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/army-commander-feared-dead-as-troops-clash-with-iswap-fighters-in-rann\/","title":{"rendered":"Army commander feared dead as troops clash with \u2018ISWAP fighters\u2019 in Rann"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m23081\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\">A commanding officer in one of the battalions of operation Hadin Kai has been killed by suspected fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), Pointblanknews.com\u00a0 has reported citing sources.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\">\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\nThe senior officer was said to have been killed alongside five soldiers when the insurgents attacked Rann, a town in Kala Balge LGA of Borno state on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The troops were said to have engaged the insurgents who came in their numbers, and the the gunfight lasted many hours.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">About 20 ISWAP fighters were also reportedly killed by the troops.<\/p>\n<p>Brig General Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesman, was not immediately available to comment on the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes three weeks after ISWAP fighters killed Dzarma Zirkusu, a brigadier-general and commander of the army brigade in Chibok.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zirkusu was on his way to Askira to provide support for the troops when he was ambushed and killed.<\/p>\n<p>The general was killed alongside three soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, a gallant senior officer brigadier-general Dzarma Zirkusu and three soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice in a very rare display of gallantry as they provided reinforcement in a counteroffensive against the terrorists, and successfully defended the location,\u201d Nwachukwu had said in a statement.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\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>A commanding officer in one of the battalions of operation Hadin Kai has been killed by suspected fighters of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), Pointblanknews.com\u00a0 has reported&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":89526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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