Nigerian troops have killed 29 suspected members of the Islamic sect,Boko Haram, in two days of fighting in Borno State , where government is trying to stamp out the four-year-old insurgency in that part of the country , the military said yesterday.
A raid late on Friday targeted a Boko Haram base in the town of Bita in the Gwoza hills along the Cameroonian border, where the Islamists have set up camp after being pushed out of semi-desert areas further north.
“During the encounter, 20 Boko Haram terrorists were killed, while scores of vehicles and 50 motorcycles were destroyed. A soldier was killed and three other soldiers were wounded in the operation,” said Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Dole, a spokesman for the army.
The claim could not be independently confirmed.
In a separate shootout on Thursday in Damboa area of the same state, the military said it had killed nine militants.
The United States formally designated Boko Haram and the splinter group Ansaru as foreign terrorists on Wednesday, making it a crime to materially aid them. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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