No less than 34 terrorists have been killed by an airstrike of the Nigerian Military at Mangoro village, a border community between Kaduna and Niger States.
It was gathered that the airstrike was launched by the air component of Operation Thunder Strike based on credible information about the movement of the terrorists in the area.
TrackNews understands information got to the military that about 70 terrorists on 40 motorcycles and some on foot were sighted moving towards the Akilibu – Sarkin Pawa Road, near Mangoro village at about 2 pm on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.
Based on the information, a fighter jet was scrambled which intercepted and neutralized the terrorists forcing the survivors to abandon their motorcycles and flee into the nearby bushes.
Feedback from local sources on ground confirmed the killing of the terrorists.
The military sources quoted by Leadership said, “As the aircraft approached the scene, several terrorists were seen running in disarray on sighting the aircraft, abandoning their motorcycles to take cover within nearby bushes.
“The terrorists were subsequently engaged in different waves with rockets while those fleeing were mopped up with canons decisively.
“Feedback from local sources around Mangoro village disclosed that 17 motorcycles including 34 dead bodies as well as 14 locally fabricated guns belonging to the terrorists were recovered.”
It was however not clear if the terrorists were those responsible for Monday’s attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train neither could the source also confirm this.
“It is unclear if the terrorists were part of those that attacked and killed 8 passengers days ago onboard a Kaduna bound train,” he said.
