More than 70 members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram
have been killed during a Nigerian military operation in the northeastern state
of Borno, an Army spokesman told CNN Friday.
The military "remains on the offensive," according to
Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who said the operation began Thursday and was
continuing Friday.
Last May, President Goodluck Jonathan put Borno and two other
states under a state of emergency, giving Nigerian forces wide latitude in
fighting the group, which human rights organizations say has killed more than
3,000 people since 2009.
Boko Haram, which means "Western education is sacrilege"
in the Hausa-Fulani language, seeks to impose a strict version of Sharia law
across northeastern Nigeria.
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