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Nigeria security forces rescue 360 abductees from Boko Haram-linked group in Borno

JAS is the official Arabic name of the main faction of Boko Haram

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The army rescued them from a mountain hideout. FILE PIC/AFP

The army rescued them from a mountain hideout. FILE PIC/AFP

Nigeria’s security forces have rescued 360 men, women, and children from a mountain hideout where they were being held by kidnappers in Borno state. 

The abductees were being held by a group known as Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) deep in the Mandara mountains. JAS is the official Arabic name of the main faction of Boko Haram. 

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