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The Nigerian army has said it successfully rescued more than 5,000 people that were being held by Islamists terror group Boko Haram during an operation over the weekend in the northeast region of the country.
The army said troops supported by members of a grassroots security force conducted raids in 15 villages on Sunday, during which they “killed six Boko Haram terrorists and wounded several others”.
Reuters news agency reports the army as saying, in an emailed statement, that its troops liberated over 5,000 people that were held by the militants.
Since Boko Haram’s insurgency, more than 15,000 people have been killed and 2 million others displaced in Nigeria and neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
