The Nigerian army has said it rescued 236 people who may have been hostages of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, in the northeastern state of Borno.
Those picked up by the army include 131 children and are being screened to ensure they aren’t members of Boko Haram before they’re moved to camps for internally displaced people, army spokesman Sani Usman said in a statement. The security forces killed five suspected insurgents in the rescue operation, he said.
Boko Haram has been fighting since 2009 to impose its own version of Islamic law in Nigeria.
