Saturday, May 02, 2015

Additional 234 women, children rescued from Sambisa Forest


The military yesterday announced the rescue of additional  234 women and children held captive by Boko Haram, in the Sambisa forest, Borno State.
The  Defence Ministry which broke the news on its tweeter handle  said the hostages were rescued on Thursday from the Kawuri and Konduga end of the expansive forest.
This brings to 687 the total number of children and women so far rescued from Boko Haram camps in the forest since the  commencement of the military onslaught on the last stronghold of the terrorists.
Photographs of hostages earlier  freed by the soldiers showed the victims in grim conditions with many of them looking malnourished and unkempt.
The military authorities said  on Thursday that the victims were held in ‘atrocious condition.’
The operation reportedly involved  heavy fighting between the soldiers and the terrorists at various camps in the forest.
Several  fundamentalists including field commanders and foot soldiers are believed to have been killed during the operation while substantial weapons were seized from them.
However,there has been no report of  the Chibok schoolgirls abducted from their dormitory over a year ago by the terrorists among those rescued.

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