BREAKING: NAF Special Forces Rescue Seven Kidnapped Chinese Citizens
- The Nigeria Airforce special forces have rescued some Chinese citizens from the den of kidnappers
- According to the Airforce, the expatriates were kidnapped while working at a mining site in Niger state
- Me awhile, the seven Chinese victims have been flown to the 271 NAF Detachment Medical Centre for evaluation
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In what will be described as a welcome development, Special Forces (SF) under the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Detachment, Birnin Gwari, Kaduna state, have rescured some Chinese nationals.
The officers carried out the rescue operation in the early hours of December 17.
The Cable reports that the rescued Chinese victims were kidnapped in June by terrorists while working on a mining site in Ajata-Aboki, Gurmana Ward of Shiroro local government, Niger state.
Source: UGC
The Combat Search and Rescue operation consisted of 35 Special Forces.
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Also, the operation was conducted in the cover of night at Kanfani Doka and Gwaska general Areas, Daily Trust added.
This reportedly led to the terrorists abandoning their enclaves, weapons.
The Air force in a statement said.
"After the successful operations, the 7 Chinese victims were flown to the 271 NAF Detachment Medical Centre for evaluation were 2 of the victims were stabilized. Subsequently, the 7 victims were flown to the NAF Base Medical Hospital, Kaduna for further medical investigations."
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