Nigerian Troops Rescue 25 Kids, Women from Boko Haram

Local Editor

The military said Nigerian troops had rescued 25 more children and women from Boko Haram as they continued to attack and destroy the extremists' camps in a forest stronghold.

Army spokesman Col. Sani Usman said many militants were killed in firefights Wednesday morning that also cost the life of one soldier. He says five troops were wounded.

About 700 children and women had been saved in the past week as soldiers supported by air raids had deployed on foot into the Sambisa Forest, the last stronghold of Nigeria's home-grown Takfiri extremists.

It was unclear if those rescued include some of the schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago from Chibok town. Some 219 remain missing.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team