A spokesman using the nom de guerre Abul Qaqa told journalists that gunmen from the sect known as Boko Haram ambushed the soldiers Sunday night in Maiduguri. The spokesman said the attack came after the sect beheaded three people three people Saturday night who leaked information about them to authorities.
A military spokesman denied that soldiers were killed, though residents in the area in the area heard a gun battle Sunday night.
Boko Haram is waging an increasingly blood sectarian fight against Nigeria’s weak central government.
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