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Hissyspit

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Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:53 AM Jun 2014

Boko Haram ‘Kidnaps Another 60 Girls and Women’ from Nigerian Villages [View all]

Source: Associated Press

Witnesses say extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women, 31 boys in northeast Nigeria

June 24, 2014 | Updated: June 24, 2014 1:47am

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Witnesses say extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women, 31 boys in northeast Nigeria.





Read more: http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/Witnesses-say-extremists-have-abducted-60-more-5574332.php



http://www.news.com.au/world/boko-haram-kidnaps-another-60-girls-from-nigerian-villages/story-fndir2ev-1226965000035

Boko Haram ‘Kidnaps Another 60 Girls’ from Nigerian Villages

AS the world focuses on the conflict in Iraq, the crisis in Nigeria continues with reports that another 60 girls have been abducted by the terrorist group Boko Haram.

The latest kidnapping is said to have taken place in Kummabza village, according to Nigerian media reports.

Nigeria’s Leadership newspaper reports that more than 60 married women and young girls were kidnapped by insurgents between Thursday and Sunday from villages in the Damboa local government area.
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