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Nigerian forces clash with Islamist
Muhammad Iqbal
06 Oct, 2013
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2013/10/rebels.jpg">MAIDUGURI: At least 20 people were killed when Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a town in northeast Nigeria, triggering clashes with troops stationed there, the military said on Sunday.</P><P class=MsoNormal>A spokesman for Nigerian forces in northeastern Borno state, which lies at the heart of a four-year-old Islamist insurgency, said the Islamists crept into the town of Damboa in the early hours of Saturday.</P><P class=MsoNormal>They killed five worshippers at a mosque as they said their morning prayers, he said.</P><P class=MsoNormal>)