{"id":577374,"date":"2024-12-19T12:48:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/mnjtf-repels-attack-on-military-base-kills-10-terrorists\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T12:48:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:48:15","slug":"mnjtf-repels-attack-on-military-base-kills-10-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/mnjtf-repels-attack-on-military-base-kills-10-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"MNJTF repels attack on military base, kills 10 terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"msg-body P_6Fd5\">\n<div id=\"message-body\">\n<p><strong>Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating under Sector 1 in Mora, have successfully thwarted a coordinated attack by Boko Haram\/ Islamic state of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a military base at Darak in Cameroon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"yiv1565851714\">\n<div>\n<div>This was contained in a statement by the Chief Military Information Officer MNJTF, Lt.-Col. Olaniyi Osoba, who disclosed that the operations led to the elimination of 10 terrorists in the early hours of December 18, 2024.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement read, \u201cThe attack began at dawn, with the terrorists launching assaults from multiple directions at the Darak military base.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIn a fierce gun battle, troops swiftly engaged the terrorists, eliminating 6 terrorists and forcing the others to flee with varying degrees of gunshot wounds. Unfortunately, 5 soldiers sustained injuries during the encounter and are currently responding to medical treatment.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cIn a follow-up operation, troops laid ambush for the wounded fleeing terrorists along their regrouping route in Mazogo, a village located between Zamba and Djibirilli.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe troops eliminated 4 terrorists as they approached the killing zone and recovered assorted food items belonging to the terrorists.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe operation brings the total number of terrorists neutralized to 10. The decisive action demonstrates MNJTF\u2019s unwavering commitment to defeating terrorists and safeguarding regional security.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:100%;border-top:1px solid #006E00FF;max-height:250px;background:#AAFFAAFF;padding:4px;color:#006E00FF\">\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%2070%2070'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dailytrust.5050plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/crawlomatic\/580b57fcd9996e24bc43c543.png6764035c5a7d3.jpg\" width=\"70px\" height=\"70px\" style=\"float:right;max-height:70px;max-width:70px\"> Join Daily Trust WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1670932839695-0\" style='min-width: 300px;min-height: 60px'>  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating under Sector 1 in Mora, have successfully thwarted a coordinated attack by Boko Haram\/ Islamic state of West Africa Province (ISWAP)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":577375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-577374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianewspapers.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}