Cameroon troops free 900 Boko Haram hostages

According Sani Usman, army spokesman, the suspect is on the list of wanted Boko Haram kingpins. Boko Haram extremists in the country have begun using teenage suicide bombers and planting landmines, senior military official Col. Jacob Kodji told Associated Press. “The Secretary-General encourages the Governments affected by Boko Haram to address the root causes of the insurgency in a holistic and integrated manner”.

Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo read a statement on national radio. The rescued hostages are being identified.

Authorities said they believed the suicide bombers crossed over from Nigeria.

The hostages released were confirmed to be residents of the villages who had been taken captive by the terrorist group. Trauma care is available for those who need it, including young girls and women who might have been used as sex slaves, he said.

But this makes them prime targets for Boko Haram. Bakary mentioned such females will be extended support and care.

Attacks have been blamed on radical Sunni jihadist group, Boko Haram, which is seeking to create a hardline Islamic state in northeast Nigeria.

While in most cases the explosives were detonated by the bombers themselves, some evidence suggests that vests on child bombers may be set off remotely.

Troops of the 7 Division Garrison providing security at the Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Dalori, Maiduguri Metropolitan Council of Borno State on Tuesday afternoon apprehended an 11-year-old boy, Usman Modu Tella. The group was also training a few to become thieves.

“It is important that Cameroon is coordinating the operation with its neighbouring countries, as it denies Boko Haram easy exit routes across the border”, Musa said. The terror group usually operates from deep within jungles, which makes missions like these extremely hard.

In total, more than 100 people have been killed in the far north of Cameroon in 20 suicide attacks since July.

So it is not known whether those freed include any of the 219 schoolgirls taken from their dormitories in Chibok, Nigeria a year ago.