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Nigerian Army kills 20 insurgents

Abuja: The Nigerian Army has said its troops killed 20 Boko Haram suspects in a raid on the insurgents' camp in northeastern Borno state, and destroyed vehicles and 50 motorcycles.The offensive came in response to

IANS Updated on: November 17, 2013 13:39 IST
nigerian army kills 20 insurgents
nigerian army kills 20 insurgents

Abuja: The Nigerian Army has said its troops killed 20 Boko Haram suspects in a raid on the insurgents' camp in northeastern Borno state, and destroyed vehicles and 50 motorcycles.






The offensive came in response to a series of attacks by the insurgents on unarmed civilians around the Nigeria-Cameroon-Niger border communities since last week, Xinhua reported Saturday.

Army authorities said they subsequently deployed troops in the area to flush out the Boko Haram men in a fierce offensive targeted against the sect's camp at Bita town, a stronghold of Boko Haram insurgents from where they launched attacks on isolated villages and motorists along the road to Gwoza and Damboa.

Lt. Col. Muhammad Dole, the spokesman of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, said that a soldier died in the encounter and three others were wounded.

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