Reports: Nigeria Extremists Kidnap 8 More Girls
- Publisher:
- Wochit
- Publication Date:
- 6 May 2014
- Tags:
- Nigeria, Conflict, Peace and Security, Women and Gender
Citing police and residents, Sky News reported that suspected members of Nigeria's notorious Islamic extremist group Boko Haram kidnapped eight more girls from a village in northeastern Nigeria on Tuesday. The BBC also reported the abduction, but had few details. Sky News said the girls, aged 12 to 15, were abducted in Warabe, near one of the Islamist militant group's strongholds.
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