Nigerian Army Claims To Have Killed 16 Boko Haram Fighters In Gun Battle -- The GuardianBut witness says stray bullets hit innocent civilians during clash between soldiers and Islamist insurgents in city of Maiduguri
Nineteen people were killed during clashes with Islamist insurgents in north-eastern Nigeria on Tuesday, officials said.
The violence, which authorities blamed on the radical Boko Haram sect, hit the cities of Kano and Maiduguri, where the group once had its main mosque.
The heaviest fighting was in Maiduguri, where soldiers fired on suspected sect members for several hours and bomb blasts echoed across the city, witnesses said.
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More News On Nigeria's War Against Boko Haram
Military: 19 killed in north Nigeria violence -- Boston.com/AP
Nigerian raid kills 16 suspected militants -- AFP
Nigeria forces say kill 16 Islamists in fire fight -- Reuters
Nigerian Forces Say Shootout Kills 16 Militants -- Voice of America
Nigeria's Boko Haram a holy war? Maybe not entirely -- Redrick Nzwili and Ibrahim Garba, Christian Science Monitor
Nigeria: “What is Boko Haram?” -- John Campbell, Council On Foreign Relations
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