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Nigeria: 76 Schoolgirls Rescued After Boko Haram Attack, Others Missing

Nigeria: 76 Schoolgirls Rescued After Boko Haram Attack, Others Missing
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The Nigerian military rescued 76 schoolgirls and recovered the bodies of two others on Wednesday, after the students went missing during a Boko Haram attack on a village, three parents, a resident and a local government official told Reuters.

Nigeria: 76 Schoolgirls Rescued After Boko Haram Attack, Others Missing

The rescued girls were returned to the village of Dapchi late on Wednesday evening.

At least 13 students may still be missing, and it wasn't yet possible to determine how the two girls died. Earlier on Wednesday, sources told Reuters that 91 people were unaccounted for after a roll-call at their school on Tuesday.

The terrorist Boko Haram group attacked Dapchi in the northeastern state of Yobe on Monday evening.

Police and state officials said on Wednesday that there was no evidence that the girls had been abducted, though the Yobe government later said in a statement that the military had rescued some of the students from Boko Haram.

Nigerian authorities often deny or downplay such incidents, including the Chibok girl kidnapping and more recent abductions, as well as the scale of Boko Haram attacks in the northeast.

Nigeria is still haunted by Boko Haram's abduction of more than 270 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in 2014. That case drew global attention to the nine-year insurgency, which has sparked what the United Nations has called one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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