Boko Haram militants launched a daring raid against Nigerian troops on Monday in an attack that indicates the Islamist group is still capable of deadly strikes in spite of a six-month military crackdown.<\/p>\n
The onslaught by what witnesses described as \u201chundreds\u201d\u009d of militants against a military barracks and an air force base in Maiduguri, the capital of the north-eastern state of Borno, where Boko Haram is strongest, left scores dead, helicopters burnt and barracks destroyed, according to local news reports.<\/p>\n
The authorities responded by imposing a 24-hour curfew across the state, and Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria\u2019s president, summoned senior military officials to a meeting.<\/p>\n
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