Nigerian troops rescue 200 girls, 93 women, says military
Source: CNN
(CNN)Nigerian troops rescued 200 girls and 93 women Tuesday in the Sambisa Forest, the Nigerian Armed Forces announced on its official Twitter account.
The armed forces could not immediately confirm if any of the rescued girls were among the 200 schoolgirls the militant group Boko Haram kidnapped in April 2014 from the northeastern Nigerian village of Chibok. That abduction led to a social media movement, #BringBackOurGirls, to rescue them.
Nigerian troops also captured and destroyed three terrorist camps, the armed forces said.
Boko Haram is a militant Islamist group. The name translates to "Western education is sin" in the local Hausa language.
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cosmicone
(11,014 posts)and kills every last one of them.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)okaawhatever
(9,490 posts)of many areas. Good for them and I hope the girls are okay.
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)kidnapped girls would be charged with complicity in her kidnapping and rape, if appropriate. ON the other hand, they should have announced a sizeable award to anyone providing information leading to location and rescue of the girls.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Suji to Seoul
(2,035 posts)There are no words for them. . .I've been following them for six years. And am convinced the only reason people around the world aren't doing crap to help is because the victims are black.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Hotoro, Kano, Nigeria (CNN)Girls rescued from Boko Haram terror camps in Sambisa Forest on Tuesday are "not the Chibok girls," Nigerian Army spokesman Sani Usman said.
However, one official did not rule out that captives from other Boko Haram camps that were raided might include some of the 200 girls abducted in April 2014 from a school in Chibok.
Nigerian troops rescued 200 girls and 93 women Tuesday in the Sambisa Forest in the northeastern part of the country, the Nigerian Armed Forces announced on its official Twitter account. The forest is a stronghold for the militant Boko Haram group and is not far from Chibok.
Military spokesman Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade said the rescued girls and women are still being screened and none has spoken to their families yet.
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