location: Bulabulin
notes: More than 40 insurgents and four soldiers (nine injured) died in clashes between Nigerian troops and Islamists near the scene where scores of abducted girls are believed to be held in the north of the country. The soldiers were believed to be on patrol seeking the kidnapped at the time of the battle. Additionally, several members of Boko Haram were captured.
target_text: location: Bulabulin, fatalities: 44