Abuja 23 Aug (ANA) - The Nigerian armed forces say they've killed several senior members of the Boko Haram jihadist movement have seriously wounded its leader, Abubakar Shekau, whose death has been reported several times in the past. An army spokesman said warplanes struck as the militant leaders met for Friday prayers last week at a village deep within the Sambisa forest in Borno State, north-east Nigeria. Abubakar Shekau led a breakaway faction of Boko Haram when Islamic State declared someone else the leader of the group.(ANA)

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