YAOUNDE, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Cameroon's army, with backing
from a regional anti-Boko Haram task force, have killed at least
100 militants from the Islamist militant group and freed 900
people it had held hostage, the army and defence ministry said
on Wednesday.
"In the course of this operation, at least 100 members of
Boko Haram were killed. Nine hundred hostages detained by Boko
Haram were freed," said army spokesman Colonel Didier Badjeck.
The defence ministry also cited the same figures in a brief
statement on state television.