SOKOTO, Nigeria, Dhu-AlQa'dah 20, 1437, August 23, 2016, SPA -- Nigeria's air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader, Reuters reported. Government planes attacked the Islamist group inside the Sambisa forest in its northeast heartland on Friday night, the air force said on Tuesday, saying it had only just confirmed details of the raid. "Their leader, so called 'Abubakar Shekau', is believed to be fatally wounded on his shoulders," the statement by military spokesman Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman added. --SPA 12:53 LOCAL TIME 09:53 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w