| Description |
Boko Haram launches a "massive" attack on Konduga, 35km from Maiduguri, causing a three-hour battle with military forces. Reports indicate Boko Haram suffered heavy causalities before fleeing. Military forces captured several pieces of heavy equipment and weapons from the attackers. Xinhua places the death number of Boko Haram at 100, others place it as high as 120. Later reports suggest the causality total with as high as 250, with four injured military. A air force jet was downed during the operation - the pilot was later captured by Boko Haram, who nearly a month later released a video of his beheading. |
