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15 Boko Haram fighters killed in NE Nigeria

Xinhua, September 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Fifteen Boko Haram fighters were killed in a gun fight with Nigerian troops in the northeastern state of Borno on Thursday, an army spokesman has said.

The fighters launched the attack when the troops were carrying out a mop-up operation in a village near Abadam district of Borno State, Col. Sani Usman, the army spokesman, told Xinhua Friday.

Usman said while many of the Boko Haram fighters escaped with gunshot wound, four Nigerian soldiers also sustained injuries while another two were killed in the two-hour gun fight.

The army spokesman said the troops have intensified vigilance and high level of alertness in the mop-up operations of the remnants of the terrorists.

Boko Haram uses Nigeria's northeast region as its stronghold. Over the past months, the Nigerian government has launched several military operations to eliminate the terrorist threat. Endit