Nigerian troops kill five suspected Islamists
Nigerian troops killed five suspected Islamists and recovered arms and explosives in a raid in the restive northern city of Kaduna, the military said December 28, 2012.
Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram said Monday it killed 12 soldiers in an attack in the northeast town of Maiduguri but security forces denied any of its officers had been killed and said it shot dead sect members.