Nigerian Army Says It Kills 13 Boko Haram Militants in Hideout
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Nigerian security forces killed 13 suspected Boko Haram fighters in a raid on a militant hideout in the country’s northeast Sambisa forest on Thursday.
A day earlier, more than 400 hostages were rescued from the insurgents in three villages in Borno state, Lucky Irabor, the head of the region’s counter-insurgency operation, told reporters. More than a dozen rebels were killed in those operations, he said.