MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Soldiers fought off Islamist insurgents who attempted to free captured comrades from a military barracks in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Friday, the military said.
Witnesses reported more than two hours of gunfire and explosions, starting at around 7:15 a.m., from the direction of the Giwa barracks, where the army has detained hundreds of Islamist insurgent suspects.
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