YAOUNDE/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian security forces surrounded the kidnappers of a French family in northeast Borno state on Thursday in an operation to rescue the hostages, a Nigerian military source said. French, Nigerian and Cameroonian officials earlier denied French media reports that the family, who were seized in Cameroon and taken over the border, had been freed. The Nigerian military located the hostages and kidnappers between Dikwa and Ngala in the far northeast, the military source in Borno said, asking not to be identified. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/french-minister-says-cannot-confirm-cameroon-hostages-freed-100112335.html

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