In Kano, Nigerian Authorities have arrested 160 suspected
Boko Haram militants allegedly involved in deadly attacks near that
country's border with Nigeria, a national police spokesman said Tuesday.
The
arrests happened over the last two days in Niger's Diffa region, which
borders Nigeria. Those taken into custody include Kaka Bunu, who police
spokesman Adil Doro said was "involved in the recruitment of (Boko
Haram) members."
Some of the suspects
fled south, only to be arrested while on the run or in "their hiding
places," said Yakubu Sumana Gawo, the governor of Niger's Diffa region.
Members of the Nigerien police's anti-terrorism unit are interrogating the suspects, all of them Niger citizens.
Cameroon, meanwhile, is holding hundreds of suspected Boko Haram militants in prisons in its Far North Region.
Two
Cameroon security sources said more than 1,000 alleged terrorists are
in custody in the central prison in the town of Maroua. Col. Joseph
Nouma, commander of Cameroon's special military operation targeting
terrorists, offered a more conservative number of more than 600
detained.
Nouma said his forces squared off Monday with Boko Haram fighters and beat them decisively.
The
battle in Gnam-Gnam, which is 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from the
Nigerian border, began when Cameroonian soldiers on a reconnaissance
mission "were ambushed by the terrorists," the Cameroonian colonel said.
It
ended a few hours later with at least 100 militants and five
Cameroonian soldiers dead, according to Nouma. He said Cameroonian
troops also seized an armored vehicle, two machine guns and a large
amount of ammunition.
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