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A rescued teacher after Monday’s terrorist attack on the Technical Secondary School in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, says overwhelming firepower of troops of Operation HADIN KAI, OPHK, forced suspected ISWAP terrorists to abandon their captives and flee.
Speaking to reporters after his rescue, the teacher said the swift response by troops prevented what could have been a far greater tragedy.
“There were many soldiers, and they really helped us to escape because they came with gun trucks.
“Their firepower was what made us escape. They came with heavy firepower, and the terrorists began to run away. They could not even return the fire because the firepower from the soldiers and the team was very, very strong,” the teacher said.
He was among 10 National Examinations Council, NECO, candidates and teachers rescued after the terrorists stormed the school on Monday morning while students were writing their examinations.
The Theatre Command of Operation HADIN KAI was said to have launched a coordinated search-and-rescue mission, deploying ground troops supported by strike aircraft and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, ISR, platforms from the Air Component.
Borno school abduction: How troops rescued some of us -Teacher [VIDEO]
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