No fewer than 40 suspected terrorists were killed on Sunday as troops repelled attacks launched by members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect on three towns in Borno State.
"Terrorists... of unknown strength attempted coordinated simultaneous attacks on Bama, Gwoza and Pulka on Sunday night", the acting Deputy Army spokesman in Maiduguri, Captain Aliyu Danja, said Tuesday.
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