Fleeing terrorists moving to North West with high-tech weapons, says DHQ | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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According to Maj-Gen. John Enenche, there is a possibility that bands of fleeing terrorists from the North East are migrating to the North West and North Central zones with sophisticated weapons and turning to armed bandits. Nigeria Insurgency Banditry

, following the continued air and land bombardment of terrorists’ hideout in the theatres of operation, the army has disclosed.

He noted that the terrorists, who formerly operate with AK-47 rifles, now operate with sophisticated weapons like PKT – a modernised Kalashnikov machine gun that can bring down an aircraft flying at lower altitude, and even anti-aircraft guns. “The ground troops of Operation Lafiya Dole had no fewer than 17 encounters with the BHT/ISWAP criminals in the North East theatre of operation. These encounters resulted in the killing of 75 BHT/ISWAP fighters, capture of large cache of arms and ammunition, as well as vehicles and equipment.”

 

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