Nigerian troops rescue 85 during clearance operation
Xinhua, November 6, 2016 Adjust font size:
Nigerian troops have rescued 85 people, mostly women and children held hostage by insurgents, in areas bordering the southern fringes of the Lake Chad, an official said.
The hostages were rescued when the troops conducted a decisive clearance operation into the remnants of Boko Haram strategic town of Chukungudu, said army spokesman Col. Sani Usman on Sunday in a statement.
Usman said the troops killed five terrorists in a fierce encounter that made several of them ran into the Lake Chad waters.
According to Usman, during the operations, the troops discovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) making factory at Geram.
He said that in line with rules of engagement, the IEDs factory had been destroyed. Endit