Foreign
media reports say a military offensive in Borno State that killed more
than 50 insurgents, destroyed four villages and left corpses scattered
in bushes.
The
defence ministry had said the operation was launched in response to
last Friday’s attack by Boko Haram on military barracks in Bama, Borno.
Defence spokesman Chris Olukolade identified those killed as “terrorists.”
But residents told AFP that an unknown number of civilians also lost their lives as the military bombarded the fleeing rebels.
The
Nigerian army said the Insurgents had tried to escape across the border
with Cameroon but that they were pursued through the weekend by ground
troops with the support of fighter jets deployed from an air force base
in Maiduguri.
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