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Sudan military shoots down 'aerial target' near capital: army
by Staff Writers
Khartoum (AFP) May 6, 2015


Nigeria military claims rescue of another 25 Boko Haram hostages
Lagos (AFP) May 6, 2015 - Nigerian troops have rescued 25 more women and children from Boko Haram's northeastern stronghold in the Sambisa Forest, killing a number of insurgents and destroying Islamist camps, the military said Wednesday.

"Seven additional terrorists camps were yesterday destroyed as more terrorists also died in the ongoing onslaught to flush them out of Sambisa forest," the defence headquarters said in a statement.

"An additional 25 women and children were rescued in the process," it said.

According to the military, more than 700 women and children have been saved from Islamist captivity during a weeks long assault on the notorious forest in Borno state

At least 275 have been taken for rehabilitation to hospitals and camps in Yola, the capital of Adamawa state, which neighbours Borno.

The military said soldiers in the latest operation had to evade landmines laid by the Islamist rebels before storming the camps.

"Various weapons including Rocket Propelled Grenades, anti-aircraft guns and a number of vehicles were either captured or destroyed during the operation. Four soldiers were wounded and have evacuated for treatment," it said.

The military said troops would continue "to search the forests for terrorists, arms and hostages."

As the military has announced a series of hostage rescues over the last two weeks, the world has anxiously awaited news of the 219 schoolgirls seized by Boko Haram from the town of Chibok in April of 2014.

So far, none of the rescued girls have been identified as Chibok natives, but the military said nothing could be ruled out until each hostage is screened and their identity is established.

Many of the rescued hostages have demonstrated signs of severe mental and physical trauma and some said they suffered sexual abuse by Boko Haram gunmen.

Sudanese anti-aircraft crews shot down an "aerial target" near Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, a military spokesman said on Wednesday, after witnesses reported hearing explosions in the area.

An air base detected the target around 10:45 pm (1945 GMT) on Tuesday flying at low altitude over Omdurman's Wadi Sayidna military area, checked there were no civilian planes nearby and shot it down, military spokesman Colonel Al-Sawarmy Khaled Saad said in a statement.

After it was hit, it disintegrated and its debris fell to earth in several residential areas of Omdurman, Saad said.

Saad described the downed aircraft as a "photographic surveillance target," but said it was still unknown where it came from and did not specify if it was a drone.

No one was hurt in the incident according to the statement, which was published on the website of the defence ministry.

Investigations were ongoing, Saad said, stressing the "stability of the situation" in the capital on Wednesday.

In an earlier statement, Saad had denied rumours of "an attempted coup, military clashes or a foreign attack" that circulated on Sudanese social media after the incident.

Witnesses in Omdurman said they heard loud explosions from outside the city late on Tuesday. The area is home to several military installations.

A resident of the city's Wad al-Bakhit neighbourhood told AFP they had heard several loud blasts.

"When we heard the noise from the explosion, the walls of our house shook and the blast was repeated four times," he said on condition of anonymity.

Khartoum has accused Israel of launching strikes on targets in Sudan several times in recent years, although Israel refuses to comment on the claims.


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