No fewer than four policemen and six soldiers were killed in the attack carried out by the terrorists group, Boko Haram, in Rann community of Kala Balge local government area of Borno State on March 1.
This was made known on Thursday by the Police in Borno State after keeping mute for a long time on the casualty figures.
According to the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Damian Chukwu, who spoke in Maiduguri, the police killed were part of counter-insurgency campaign in the North East.
Said he: “In the recent attack in Kala Balge Local Government Area, four mobile policemen and some six soldiers were killed.
“The police are part of the counter-insurgency campaign to restore peace and stability, and were deployed to various locations.”
Chukwu who stressed the commitment of the police to the success of the fight against Boko Haram also disclosed that over 500 men had been deployed to Operation Lafiya Dole.
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It would be recalled that some aid workers were killed in the Rann attack while a female nurse was abducted.
Head of Communications, UNICEF Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Samantha Newport, said two of the aid workers who died were contractors with the International Organisation for Migration.
They were said to be working as coordinators at a camp for 55,000 displaced people in Rann.
The third person aid worker killed was a doctor who worked as a consultant for UNICEF.
