Over 600 people, including more than 450 children, have been rescued from the Boko Haram extremist group, a Nigerian commander, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, has announced.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Over 600 people, including more than 450 children, have been rescued from the Boko Haram extremist group, a Nigerian commander, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, has announced.<\/p>\n
According to the commander, over a dozen Boko Haram fighters were eliminated as a result of the rescue operation conducted in Sambisa Forest in Nigeria\u2019s northeastern Borno State.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“These victims who have been rescued include, 69 men, 180 women, 227 boys and 229 girls,” Irabor told journalists, as quoted by Daily Post Nigeria on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The Boko Haram extremist group began large-scale attacks in northeastern Nigeria in 2009. Last year, the group expanded its attacks into neighboring Niger, Cameroon and Chad.<\/p>\n
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