Cameroon's elite force, BIR
Cameroonian armed forces, launched last Friday, a special operation in the Lake Chad area to neutralize Boko Haram, sources tell Cameroon Concord.
Special forces from the Cameroonian military, from the Sector 1 of the Joint Multinational Forces (FMM) based in Mora (Far North) region, supported by the Alpha operations and Emergence 4 units grouped together last Friday to launch the military offensive against the insurgents.
The operation according to military sources is the largest, ever conducted by the Cameroonian defence forces since the outbreak of the war against Boko Haram.
The last special operation conducted by Cameroonian defence forces on May 10 and 11 of 2016, against the bases of Boko Haram in the forest of Madawaya in neigbouring Nigerian,resulted in the neutralization and the complete destruction of three camps of the sect.
One of Boko Haram's leaders, called Boukar KAOU, was captured along with five of his fellow fighters during this special operation.
Also during this operation, 58 Boko Haram terrorrists were neutralized, several weapons recovered, including three AK47 assault rifles, 02 assault rifles, 18 hunting weapons and landmines.
This new operation, we learn, has been pushed forward and supported by the Cameroonian authorities, meanwhile another operation led by the Chadian army is on the other side pushing on to drive the insurgents out of the southern boarders of Niger, where the Islamist sect recently caused numerous casualties within the military and civilians.
