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Boko Haram attacks northeast Nigeria's main city Maiduguri, witnesses say

Insurgents attacked the outskirts of northeast Nigeria's main city of Maiduguri on Sunday, triggering a gun battle with soldiers that killed at least eight people, witnesses and a security source said.

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Insurgents attacked the outskirts of northeast Nigeria's main city of Maiduguri on Sunday, triggering a gun battle with soldiers that killed at least eight people, witnesses and a security source said.

Islamist group Boko Haram has long coveted the city as the capital of an Islamic state they want to carve out of religiously-mixed Nigeria.

Also Read: 120 Boko Haram militants killed in Cameroon, says Chad army






 

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