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ABUJA, Aug. 20
(Xinhua/GNA) – At least 33 Boko Haram militants were killed by Nigerian troops
in a gunfight on Sunday, said military sources on Tuesday.

Multinational troops
fighting Boko Haram along the Lake Chad fringes also joined in the gunfight,
said the sources who asked to be anonymous.

The multinational
force comprises troops from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Benin.

The gunfight lasted
for about three hours, along the Gamboru-Dikwa road in Borno, one source said,
as the Boko Haram militants had laid an ambush for a convoy of military
vehicles.

“Many Boko
Haram fighters fled with bullet wounds. It was a tough battle,” said the
source.

One other military
source confirmed four soldiers, however, sustained injuries during the
gunfight.

Two gun trucks used
by the militants were recovered after the gunfight, the source said.

The northeast region
of Nigeria has been destabilized for over a decade by Boko Haram.

Boko Haram is known
for its agenda to maintain a virtual caliphate in the most populous African
country.

GNA


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