MAIDUGURI: Nigeria’s military said yesterday it repelled coordinated attacks by Boko Haram Islamists at the weekend, killing 40 insurgents, but few details were provided and the account could not be independently verified.
According to a military statement, Islamist fighters “of unknown strength attempted coordinated and simultaneous attacks” on Sunday in three remote towns in northeastern 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 from the army’s 7 Division, based in the northeast.
Nigeria launched a major offensive in the northeast in mid-May aimed at crushing Boko Haram’s four-year insurgency, which has left thousands dead.
AFP
