The Nigerian military has stated that it fatally wounded Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in an airstrike while he was praying in a jungle stronghold in the northeast of the country.
The statement lists other Boko Haram leaders as "confirmed dead," according to the Associated Press, though Nigeria has declared Shekau dead at least three times before. The military has claimed in the past that Boko Haram is using Shekau look-alikes to impersonate him.