50 Boko Haram fighters killed - military

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Maiduguri - Nigeria's military on Friday said it had killed 50 Boko Haram Islamists in an operation launched in response to an insurgent attack on civilians in the north-east.

"Troops pursued the terrorists to their camps with air support and about 50 insurgents were killed in a shootout," Sagir Musa, the  area military spokesman, told journalists in the northeastern city of Maiduguri. - Sapa-AFP



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