Chadian forces have killed 120 militants from Boko Haram in a battle in the north of neighboring
Cameroon that began when the insurgents attacked its troops, the
army said in a statement on Saturday, adding that three of its soldiers were killed.
Boko Haram has recently launched cross-border attacks from
Nigeria into
Cameroon and
Chad as part of its drive for an Islamist state in the northeast of
Nigeria.
Chad and
Cameroon have stepped up troop deployments to fight the militants.
