Troops Kill 162 Boko Haram Members At Nigeria-Cameroon Border (Graphic Photo)

About 162 members of Boko Haram sect were killed in northern Nigeria, by Cameroonian and Nigerian troops, Cameroonian Communication Minister, Issa Bakary, said on Tuesday.

According to him, the assault against the terrorists in Goshe, near the Cameroonian border, lasted from Thursday to Sunday.The minister said, four artisanal mine factories, seizing mines, suicide bomber vests, ammunition and other weaponry were destroyed by the allied troops.

Bakary said the troops also set a Boko Haram training centre on fire. "Hundreds of people held hostage by the terrorists were also released. "Cameroon lost two soldiers to land mines in the assault," the minister said.