An American citizen abducted last week in Niger has been rescued during a high-risk U.S. military raid in neighboring Nigeria. The mission was undertaken by elite commandos as part of a major effort to free the U.S. citizen, Philip Walton, 27, before his abductors could get far after taking him captive in Niger on October 26, 2020.
The operation involved the governments of the U.S., Niger
and Nigeria working together to rescue Walton quickly, sources said. The CIA
provided intelligence leading to Walton's whereabouts and Marine Special
Operations elements in Africa helped locate him, a former U.S. official said.
Then the elite SEAL Team Six carried out a
"precision" hostage rescue mission and killed all but one of the
seven captors, according to officials with direct knowledge about the
operation.
President Donald Trump called the rescue mission a "big
win for our very elite U.S. Special Forces" in a tweet and the Pentagon
lauded the rescue mission in a statement.
source: US news
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