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Is Boko Haram chief dead? Nigeria probes

NEW DELHI: Nigeria’s military is investigating reports that militant group Boko Haram chief may have been killed or seriously injured following clashes with rival jihadis, an army spokesman said on Friday.

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Abubakar Shekau

has been the figurehead of an Islamist insurgency that has since 2009 killed more than 30,000 people. A number of reports published on Thursday in Nigeria media, citing intelligence sources, said Shekau was seriously hurt or killed. A Nigerian army spokesman said: “It’s a rumour. We are investigating it.” Shekau was said to have been killed on several occasions over the last 12 years, only to later appear in a video post.

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