Scores of Boko Haram jihadists have drowned in a river in northeast Nigeria's Borno state while fleeing from ground and aerial attacks from Nigerian troops, security sources and residents told AFP Monday. Troops aided by air support attacked several villages on the fringes of the Sambisa forest jihadist stronghold outside the town of Bama, pummelling Boko Haram fighters who had taken over the area, the sources said. The militants were overwhelmed and in an effort to escape plunged into the Yezaram river, which was overflowing from heavy rains and drowned. "More than 100 terrorists were killed, most of them by drowning when they tried to cross the seething river," a se
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