Nigerian and Cameroonian forces have freed several hundred hostages including young girls who were being trained as suicide bombers in a border town held by the terror sect Boko Haram, the commander of Cameroonian forces said yesterday.
Soldiers from the two countries also killed about 100 militants while liberating of Kumshe, Gen. Jacob Kodji told The Associated Press. The town is 15 kilometers from the border with Cameroon.
“Our boys are still on the field with Nigerian soldiers and have received instructions to continue raids on all Boko Haram border villages until we defeat them,” the general said.
Boko Haram began its insurgency six years ago in Nigeria, and has since expanded to the countries of Cameroon, Niger and Chad as those neighbors have aided the military effort to quash the extremists.
The jihadist group, which has pledged its loyalty to the Islamic State group, has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced 2.8 million in West Africa, according to the United Nations and Amnesty International.
