Nigeria arrests 11 Boko Haram suspects, seizes guns and bombs

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Nigerian authorities arrested 11 suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram overnight and seized automatic weapons, ammunition and several homemade bombs, the military said on Wednesday. 

The militants have claimed responsibility for the deaths of hundreds of people since launching an uprising in 2009. 

The men were arrested in the Waka-Biu region of Borno state, spokesman for Borno's military and police Joint Task Force (JTF), Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, said. 

They recovered a submachinegun, seven AK-47s, 1,568 rounds of ammunition, 12 empty shells and 19 homemade bombs.