Amnesty Int'l: Nigeria Ignored Boko Haram Warnings

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
9 May 2014
Tags:
Nigeria

Nigeria's military had advanced warning of the April 14 attack by Boko Haram that led to the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls but failed to take immediate action, Amnesty International said Friday. "Damning testimonies gathered by Amnesty International reveal that Nigerian security forces failed to act on advance warnings about Boko Haram's armed raid on the state-run boarding school in Chibok which led to the abduction," the rights group said.

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