A police officer looks over the bodies of militants killed outside police headquarters in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Clashes in four northern states reportedly left hundreds dead, mostly rebels whose goal is to establish radical Islamic rule. Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP/Getty ImagesNigerian Army Attacks Rebels In North -- L.A. Times
Soldiers are sent to battle Boko Haram militants, who are fighting to establish radical Islamic rule. The death toll is reportedly in the hundreds.
Reporting from Maiduguri, Nigeria -- The Nigerian army launched an assault Tuesday against "Taliban" militants fighting to establish radical Islamic rule in the north of the country, in an escalation of clashes that reportedly have left hundreds dead.
The rebels, armed with machetes, guns and bows and arrows, had attacked police stations and targeted police and government officials in the predominantly Muslim north Sunday and Monday.
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