Nigeria: Nigerian forces kill 16 Boko Haram terrorists
Nigerian troops killed 16 members of the Boko Haram terror group in the northeast, a top defense official said Friday.
According to a report by Anadolu Agency, defense Ministry spokesman John Enenche said terrorists were killed while others fled with wounds sustained during an air operation in Kassa Kura in Maiduguri Town.
Enenche said troops arrested 11 terrorists and a cache of ammunition belonging to the terror group was seized.
Boko Haram launched a bloody insurgency in 2009 in northeastern Nigeria but later spread its atrocities to neighboring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, prompting a military response.