According to BBC tweet, 20 from 80 people held hostage by members of Boko Haram in a cross-border attack in North Cameroon yesterday January 18th have been freed.
In a statement released today by Cameroon's defense ministry, hostages were freed "as defense forces pursued the attackers who were heading back to Nigeria". Boko Haram yesterday launched a fierce attack on some villages in Cameroon, capturing 80 people, most of them children.
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