(Photo: AP)Nigeria’s army Sunday said it had freed more than 5,000 people held by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. “The troops also liberated over 5,000 persons held hostages by Boko Haram terrorists,” it said in an emailed statement. The army said troops, supported by members of a grassroots security force, conducted raids in 15 villages Sunday, during which they “killed six Boko Haram terrorists and wounded several others”. More than 15,000 people have been killed and two million displaced in Nigeria and neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon during Boko Haram’s insurgency. Updated Mon, June 27th 2016 at 09:32 GMT +3Nigerian soldiers drive past a Government secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria on May 18, 2014.

Source: Standard Digital June 27, 2016 06:45 UTC