95 Boko Haram fighters killed in Nigeria
Nigeria's army on Friday said it had killed 95 suspected Boko Haram fighters in raids in the country's northeast, as gunmen from the Islamist group battled security forces in a neighbouring area.
The army, which is battling to crush a four-year Islamist uprising in Nigeria, said it deployed bombs and ground troops to destroy insurgent camps in Borno on Thursday.
Army spokesman Mohammed Dole said that "74 suspected militants" were killed in the assault outside the Borno capital Maiduguri, where Boko Haram was founded more than a decade ago. The operation followed an assault Monday on Boko Haram camps in another part of Borno, which the military said left 37 Islamists dead.
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