BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI
Atleast 12 soldiers, 4 policemen and four civilians were feared killed with the destruction of Divisional Police Headquarters, market, shops, houses and vehicles when about 200 heavy armed gunmen in Toyota Hilux vehicles attacked Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Likewise, Vanguard gathered that more than 50 of the terrorists were killed in the encounter when ground troops and the Air Force fighter jets engaged the attackers.
The incident took place on Friday at about 5:00pm when the insurgents with anti-aircraft guns, Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, Rocket Propelled Launchers stormed the town in what sources described as a revenge mission targeted at the Military and Police.
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