Communications minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said late Monday that Cameroon special forces also freed about 100 people being held by the extremists, including Cameroonians and Nigerians. He said two members of Cameroon's military were killed.
Bakary said the operation from Feb. 11 to Feb. 14 destroyed several bomb factories and two training centers in the former Boko Haram stronghold, and soldiers seized vehicles, weapons and ammunition.
Amnesty International says Nigeria-based Boko Haram has killed more than 20,000 people in its six-year insurgency.
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