Nigeria\'s army has killed 12 suspected fighters from the Boko Haram Islamists during a raid in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the group\'s base, a military spokesman told AFP on Monday. Spokesman Hassan Mohammed of the Joint Task Force Unit said there was a shootout in the city late Sunday between soldiers and \"gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram... in the encounter 12 members of Boko Haram were killed.\"