In the state of Borno in the northeast of Nigeria, 70 militants were neutralized during the operation against the Boko Haram terrorist organization. This was announced by the head of the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Nigeria Edward Buba.
According to him, the operation against Boko Haram took place in the Tumbuktu area from January 16 to 25.
The number of neutralized terrorists is also three leaders of a criminal organization, 22 Nigerian military nigerian military were also killed in clashes, he said.
Since 2009, as a result of mass violent actions by Boko Haram, which has been present in Nigeria since the beginning of the 2000s, tens of thousands of people have died.
Since 2015, the terrorist organization has also attacked neighboring countries – Cameroon, Chad and Niger. As a result of the attacks of terrorists in the area of Lake Chad, at least 2 thousand people were killed.
Due to terrorist attacks and armed clashes, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave the country.