DHAKA: Chadian troops have rescued 85 Nigerians kidnapped last week by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram. 

A Nigerian security official told media that they had intercepted a convoy of buses transporting gunmen and the villagers in a routine security check, reports BBC.

Neither the Nigerian nor Chadian militaries have confirmed the reports.

Boko Haram is accused of kidnapping hundreds of people in the north-east of Nigeria, and neighbouring Cameroon.

The group, which wants to create an Islamic state in the region, sparked international outcry when they abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in April in Nigeria's remote down of Chibok in Borno state.

Source: BBC

BDST: 0924 HRS, AUG 17, 2014