300 rescued from Boko Haram

Nigeria says its army has rescued 200 girls and nearly 100 women from a stronghold of the terror group Boko Haram.

300 rescued from Boko Haram

Nigeria says its army has rescued 200 girls and nearly 100 women from a stronghold of the terror group Boko Haram.

They were taken to safety from the Sambisa Forest in the north-east of the country.

But officials haven't confirmed if the group rescued includes the schoolgirls kidnapped at gunpoint by Boko Haram militants at a school around a year ago.

Update at 10.30pm

200 schoolgirls rescued from a stronghold of terror group Boko Haram are not the girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria a year ago.

That's according to a spokesman for the country's army - who says 93 women have also been taken to safety.

A number of Boko Haram camps - in the Sambisa Forest area of north-eastern Nigeria - have been destroyed by the army.

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