279 Kidnapped Schoolgirls Freed In Nigeria
Posted on AllSides March 2nd, 2021
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A Nigerian state governor announced on Tuesday that hundreds of girls who were kidnapped last week from a boarding school have been freed.
The Associated Press reported:
The girls, ages 10 and up, dressed in light blue hijabs and barefoot, packed into Zamfara state’s Government House conference room. They appeared calm, chatting to one another as they sat in long rows while journalists photographed them. They will receive a medical checkup before being returned to their parents.
Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle said that 279 girls had been released after being...
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