Nigeria clashes: 40 Boko Haram fighters killed

Fighters attempted coordinated and simultaneous attacks in three remote towns in Boko Haram's historic stronghold.

MAIDUGURI: Nigeria’s military said Tuesday it repelled coordinated attacks by Boko Haram militants at the weekend, killing 40 insurgents, but few details were provided and the account could not be independently verified. According to a military statement, fighters of unknown strength attempted coordinated and simultaneous attacks on Sunday in three remote towns in north-eastern Borno state, Boko Haram’s historic stronghold. Troops “successfully repelled all the attacks killing 40 terrorists in the three locations,” the towns of Bama, Gwoza and Pulka, said the statement.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 16^th, 2013.