Hostages Killed by Boko Haram in Failed Rescue Bid

A British engineer held hostage in Nigeria by Islamist terrorists for almost a year was killed on Thursday during a failed rescue mission by special forces. Chris McManus, a 28 year-old from Britain, was murdered by his captors as commandos from the Special Boat Service and the Nigerian army attempted the rescue. Franco Lamolinara, an Italian colleague of Mr. McManus, was also killed. The SBS squadron killed at least two of the terrorists, members of a jihadi group associated with al-Qaeda, during the daylight raid on a house in the northern city of Sokoto. The Nigerian government said last night that the two suspected killers of the hostages had been captured. David Cameron authorised the operation on Thursday morning after being informed that the hostages, whose location had only recently been discovered.

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