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Lagos LAGOS, Nigeria The Nigerian army on Friday said that it killed 16 Boko Haram terrorists in northeastern Borno state. In a statement, army spokesperson Onyechi Anele said the soldiers engaged the terrorists with sustained indirect fire around 1:00 a.m. (2:00 WAT) in the Damboa local government on Friday and the gun battle led to the death of no fewer than 16 terrorists. Boko Haram, a deadly terror group based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and