DAMATURU, Nigeria (AP) ? Police say security forces have killed suspected sect members during a military raid on their hideout in a besieged city in Nigeria's northeast.
Yobe state police spokesman Toyin Gbadagesin said Friday's operation left the house completely destroyed in a residential part of the city of Damaturu.
He said he could not say how many suspected members of the radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram were killed.
A staff of the Damaturu Specialist Hospital said the army brought three bullet-riddled bodies to the morgue early Saturday. He requested anonymity because he is not allowed to speak to journalists.
The raid comes after the sect has carried out a series of deadly attacks in the city.
Boko Haram's spiritual home of Maiduguri is about 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Damaturu.
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