Nigeria: NAF Raid Kills Boko Haram Terrorists Commanders

24 August 2016

The military said yesterday that several commanders of Islamic sect, Boko Haram, were killed in a major air onslaught last Monday night in Sambisa forest, while leader of the group, Abubakar Shekau, was fatally wounded in the shoulders.

Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, who disclosed this in a statement, said the operation took place August 19, 2016, as the terrorists were performing Friday rituals at Taye village, Gombale general area, within Sambisa forest in Borno State.

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