24 Boko Haram Hostages Freed in Cameroon

January 19, 2015 23:56

At least 24 hostages kidnapped by Boko Haram militants on Sunday in Cameroon had been freed by Monday, according to a Cameroon defense ministry spokesman and media reports.

Officials in Cameroon said the militants kidnapped at least 60 people, including children, in a cross-border raid from Nigeria, around the village of Mabass in northern Cameroon

.Defense ministry spokesman Colonel Didier Badjeck said that, though the group still is holding 30 to 60 people, the Cameroon army was able to free two dozen of the hostages.

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