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| Nigerian army says kills more than 50 Boko Haram |
| 2011-12-24 |
| Nigeria's army chief of staff said on Saturday it had killed more than 50 members of a violent Islamist sect in a shootout in the northeastern city of Damaturu. A sustained gun battle broke out between Nigerian security forces and suspected members of the Boko Haram militant group late on Friday, killing at least 19 people, initial reports suggested. |
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