Nigerian military: 234 girls, women rescued from Boko Haram – IOTW Report

Nigerian military: 234 girls, women rescued from Boko Haram

USAtoday: Nigeria’s military has rescued 234 more women and children from a forested area of northeasternNigeria controlled by Boko Haram extremists who have kidnapped hundreds of girls in recent years, the Nigerian defense ministry said Saturday.

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The latest rescue, announced by the Nigeria Defense Headquarters on Twitter, brings the total for the week to more than 677 females the Nigerian military claims to have rescued.

“FLASH: Another set of 234 women and children were rescued through the Kawuri andKonduga end of the #Sambisa Forest on Thursday,” said a message on the official Twitter account of the Nigerian Defense Headquarters posted early Saturday.

The defense headquarters said at midweek that 200 girls and 93 women had been rescued from the Sambisa Forest, where Boko Haram is based in northeastern Nigeria, and that Nigerian troops captured and destroyed three terrorist camps.

It said those rescued were being “screened and profiled.”  more

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