Scores of Boko Haram insurgents have been killed in an air raid on a funeral in northeast Nigeria, authorities say.
Military spokesman Col. Muhammed Dole said Saturday that the group has been forcefully conscripting youths and abducting women
but that security forces are in pursuit.
Dole claimed a recent offensive has "resulted in serious decimation of Boko Haram fighters." Friday's were the first reported air raids since insurgents last week breached the city of Maiduguri, attacking the air force base and military barracks. Maiduguri is the capital of Borno state and the insurgency's starting place.
The group's leader said in a video that Boko Haram carried out the attack. Reporters watched a jetfighter taking off from Maiduguri Friday, when Dole said the raids killed scores of fighters attending the burial of fellow insurgents.
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