Government forces say they killed the deputy leader of the sect and appealed to the public to help in tracking fleeing members of the group.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

Sounds of heavy and light machine gun fire rattled Maiduguri as Nigeria's army pounded suspected hideouts of the Islamic rebels in a bid to flush out remnants of the militant Boko Haram sect.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30