Nigerian forces fight Islamists near lawmakers' Abuja quarters

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian forces and members of Boko Haram clashed in a shoot out near the main residential compound for lawmakers in Abuja on Friday, state security services said, the first clash involving Islamist militants in the capital this year. A security team was searching for weapons after a tip-off from arrested members of Boko Haram, a militant group that wants to impose sharia law in northern Nigeria and has been responsible for hundreds of killings this year. Boko Haram is seen as the gravest security threat to Africa's top oil producer. ...

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