Boko Haram Battle Leaves 18 Dead in Northeast Nigerian Village
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Nigerian pro-government vigilantes said they killed 17 Boko Haram Islamist insurgents on Wednesday, while one of their militia members was killed during the battle in the northeast village of Lahou.
The attack happened at about 4 p.m. and the rebel fighters were all teenagers, Apagu Bitrus, a local vigilante militia leader, said by phone from the village in Borno state.