Nigeria’s military says it has destroyed 10 Boko Haram camps, killed many militants and captured heavy weaponry in the northeastern Sambisa Forest.
The statement comes after a surge of attacks by the insurgents last week including suicide bombings, village assaults and a night-time raid by hundreds of fighters on the biggest military base in northeast Nigeria.
Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade said one soldier was killed by a land mine and two were wounded in the operations Saturday. His statement came on Sunday night.
He had said Boko Haram’s main fighting force was trapped in the vast Sambisa Forest following a 14-week multinational offensive. But some must have escaped to press last week’s attack on Maiduguri, Nigeria’s biggest northeastern city about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the forest.
