Nigeria: 250 Boko Haram Fighters Killed As Terrorists Slay 100 Civilians

4 February 2015

TROOPS from Cameroun and Chad killed more than 250 Boko Haram militants in two days of heavy fighting in a major regional offensive against the Islamists from neighbouring Nigeria, their governments said yesterday.

Cameroon said it forces fought off an attack on one of its border towns early on Wednesday by Boko Haram, a group that has kidnapped hundreds and killed thousands in northern Nigeria and mounted increasingly bloody cross-border raids.

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