After about 150 British soldiers freed the hostages during a raid on the West Side Boys'camp, members of the militia fled the area.
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Until June, the West Side Boys were part of a fragile pro-government alliance fighting Sierra Leone's feared Revolutionary United Front rebels.
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Six others were still believed held by the small rebel group, known as the West Side Boys, and their status was not immediately clear.
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Twenty-six members of the West Side Boys faction were killed, and at least 18 others, including the faction leader, were captured.
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The village was part of Operation Barras, a rescue mission involving the British Army and the West Side Boys militia group who occupied the village.
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The West Side Boys are a notoriously undisciplined gang that has fought both the Sierra Leone government and the country's brutal rebel Revolutionary United Front.
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This group was among others involved in the'Battle of Beverwijk', where one or more Feyenoord hooligans killed F-side boy Carlo Picornie.
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During the training mission, a patrol returning from a visit to Jordanian peacekeepers was taken captive by a militia group known as the West Side Boys.
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Until last month, the West Side Boys were part of a fragile pro-government alliance fighting Sierra Leone's feared rebel Revolutionary United Front rebels.
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The hospital was utilised in this way off the coast of Freetown in 2000-01, in support of British operations against the rebel West Side Boys.
