DHAKA: Nigerian troops have rescued about 160 more hostages from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in northeast Nigeria.

The country’s army told media on Thursday, reports the Times of India.

“We are still trying to compute the actual number of those rescued. But tentatively there are about 60 women of various ages and around 100 children,” said army spokesman Sani Usman.

Usman said one woman was killed in the fighting and eight other rescued hostages were injured. A soldier was also killed and four others wounded.

The latest rescue comes after the military said on Tuesday it had found 200 girls and 93 women kidnapped by the militants and held in the forest.

Usman has said the former hostages did not include the 219 girls snatched from their school on April 14 last year but Nigeria's defence headquarters said it was too early to tell.

BDST: 0216 HRS, May 01, 2015
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