Nine suspected Boko Haram terrorists were Friday killed by the troops of the Nigerian Army in Rimanti Alagarno villages of the Damboa local government area of Borno state, local media said. The suspected terrorists were killed when the troops of the Division launched an attacked on their hideouts/camps on the off shores of the Sambisa Forests. The Army in a press statement signed by its spokesman, Lt. Col Muhammad Dole said "in a midnight encounter with the Boko Haram terrorists, the Nigerian Army, 7 Division killed nine Boko Haram terrorists, while others fled with various degree of injuries along Rimanti-Alagarno road in Damboa local government area of Borno state on Thursday." According to the statement, during the encounter large arms and ammunition were recovered with the destruction of 2 pick-up vehicles belonging to the terrorists, while a pick-up vehicle and 3 motorcycles were equally recovered by the troops.