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The Nigerian military freed 1,000 women and girls held captive in the village of Boboshe by Boko Haram in January, [82] but none of them were Chibok girls. [ 51 ] Boko Haram released another video in April showing 15 girls who appeared to be Chibok girls, at which point at least 219 of those originally kidnapped were still missing. [ 83 ]
On 24 March, residents of Damasak, Borno, said that Boko Haram had taken more than 400 women and children from the town as they fled from coalition forces who retook the area and found a mass grave of Boko Haram victims. [160] On 27 March, the Nigerian army captured Gwoza, which was believed to be the location of Boko Haram headquarters. [161]
Over several days, around the weekend of 21–22 June, suspected Boko Haram militants attacked the village of Kummabza and three others in the Damboa district of Borno State, according to eyewitnesses. [10] The attackers took 60 women and girls, and 31 boys in the attack. Some of the women were married and the children were as young as three. [6]
Some of the women and girls are pregnant, according to Muhammad Gavi, a spokesman for a self-defense group that fights Boko Haram who said some members have seen the females. 3 Photos Nigeria Boko ...
Boko Haram has fought an armed rebellion in Nigeria's Northeast, which the U.N. says has killed more than 35,000 people. With a reputation for brutality, the group has been accused of torture ...
In a series of village raids in June, Boko Haram kidnapped more than 60 women and girls and 30 boys, according to The Guardian. That's in addition to the 200 school girls they took hostage in April.
Dapchi lies approximately 275 km (170 miles) northwest of Chibok, where over 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. [5] Five schoolgirls died on the same day of their kidnapping; Boko Haram released everyone else in March 2018, save the lone Christian girl, Leah Sharibu, who refused to convert to Islam. [6]
Boko Haram, which roughly translates to 'western education is forbidden or a sin,' is an Islamist group active in Nigeria. The violent group has killed thousands of people since their formation in ...