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Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria air raids 'kill militants'
Source: BBC
17 May 2013 Last updated at 13:48 GMT
Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria air raids 'kill militants'
At least 30 militants have been killed during air raids on their training camps in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say.
An army spokesman said jets and helicopter gunships had been used to attack several camps.
He told the BBC that a plane had been hit by anti-aircraft fire but had managed to return to base.
States of emergency were declared this week in three north-eastern states hit by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency.
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Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria air raids 'kill militants'
At least 30 militants have been killed during air raids on their training camps in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say.
An army spokesman said jets and helicopter gunships had been used to attack several camps.
He told the BBC that a plane had been hit by anti-aircraft fire but had managed to return to base.
States of emergency were declared this week in three north-eastern states hit by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22570071
