ABUJA, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian army on Sunday said troops had killed at least 20 Boko Haram militants while repelling an attack launched by the terror group in the northeast region.
The attack on Saturday was repelled in the Askira-Uba local government area of the northern state of Borno, as the Boko Haram militants targeted a civilian population, said Ado Isa, a spokesman for the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, the state capital.
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