{"id":10268,"date":"2016-07-22T21:13:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T21:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10268"},"modified":"2016-07-22T21:13:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T21:13:58","slug":"several-soldiers-missing-after-boko-haram-terrorist-ambush-in-borno-army-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10268","title":{"rendered":"Several Soldiers missing after Boko Haram terrorist ambush in Borno &#8211; Army spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Several Nigerian soldiers are missing <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/boko-haram.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8637\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8637\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/boko-haram.jpg\" alt=\"boko haram\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>after an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in a community in Borno State, the army has said.<\/p>\n<p>The army said it was battling to save the lives of 19 other soldiers injured during the clash on Thursday.<br \/>\nOperatives of the Civilian-JTF, embedded with the military squad, were also badly injured in the deadly encounter in a village called Nguro Gongon.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman of the Nigeria army, Sani Usman, said the injured soldiers have been evacuated to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, while a rescue team was deployed to go searching for the missing soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>He did not say how many soldiers were missing.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday morning, troops on clearance patrol at Guro Gongon village and environs to rout out remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hibernating therein, destroyed the terrorists\u2019 makeshift camps and recovered quite a number of weapons, equipment and foodstuff in the process,\u201d Mr. Usman, a colonel and acting director of army public relations, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recovered items include 1 Gun truck mounted with an Anti-Aircraft Gun, a MOWAG Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), 1 Rocket Propelled Grenade Tube, 1 Light Machine Gun, 3 AK-47 rifles and motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the gallant soldiers basking on the recorded success, returning to their defensive locations, ran into an ambush by a group of Boko Haram terrorists who came to reinforce their fleeing comrades. The troops fought back gallantly killing several of the insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly however, 19 soldiers and 3 civilian JTF members were wounded in action while a few others were missing in action.<\/p>\n<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Nigerian soldiers are missing after an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in a community in Borno State, the army has said. The army said it was battling to save the lives of 19 other soldiers injured during the clash on Thursday. 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