234 Women, Children Freed by Nigerian Forces From Boko Haram
KABUL: (Middle East Press) At least 234 women and children have been freed by Nigerian soldiers from Boko Haram’s stronghold in the Sambisa forest, the military said Friday.
A statement issued by defense headquarters states that the hostages were rescued on Thursday through the Kawuri and Konduga end of Sambisa forest.
Some 500 women and children have already been rescued by the military in the past few days.
“They have been evacuated to join others at the place of ongoing screening,” the military said.
It said the “assault on the forest is continuing from various fronts and efforts are concentrated on rescuing hostages of civilians and destroying all terrorists camps and facilities in the forest.”
The military had promised to free more hostages from the terror group after hundreds were rescued earlier this week.
About 160 hostages had been rescued from Sambisa in additional to 200 girls and 93 women freed on Tuesday, the military announced on Thursday.
