Nigerian officials say seven Chinese nationals received medical attention Monday after being rescued from nearly six months in captivity. Nigerian military forces recovered the abductees in a weekend operation in the central state of Kaduna.
A spokesperson for the Nigerian Air Force, Gabriel Gabkwet, said in a statement Sunday that the Chinese nationals were rescued from the Kanfani Doka and Gwaska areas of Kaduna state after a tactical overnight operation.He said the abductees had been held for more than five months by terrorists who seized them from a mining site in the Shiroro local government area of Niger state.
On Monday, a local government spokesperson in the Kaura area of Kaduna state told Lagos-based Channels Television that armed men killed at least 37 people in an attack Sunday and burned down more than 100 houses. "When that jailbreak happened, and we were told that tens and tens of terrorists who were being held there escaped, where do you think they went to?" Omeje said."We've not been told that they were rearrested, so they've now gone to reactivate their terrorist cells. So, it becomes very understandable if somebody begins to put two and two together."
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