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Niger says 75 ‘Boko Haram terrorists’ killed
NIAMEY, May 13, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The Sahel state of Niger, which has been
battling a bloody jihadist insurgency, said Wednesday around 75 Boko Haram
combatants had been killed in the southeast and in neighbouring Nigeria.
Twenty-five “terrorists” were killed on Monday south of Diffa, the main
city in southeast Niger, while “about 50… were neutralised” the same day on
Nigerian soil in the Lake Chad region, in two operations by a regional anti-
jihadist force, the defence ministry said in a statement.
The figures could not be verified independently.
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