Islamic terrorists kidnap nearly 50 women in Nigeria

At least 47 women have been kidnapped by Islamist militants in a remote area of ​​Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) are active.

Nigerian women at a camp for refugees and people displaced by violence from terrorist groups - Photo: CBS

The incident occurred several days ago but details were only revealed on Wednesday (March 6) due to the remote and difficult-to-reach nature of the area. According to security sources in Nigeria, 50 women were initially arrested, but three of them managed to escape.

Local militia leaders told AFP news agency that women from displacement camps in the Ngala municipality, near the border with Cameroon and Chad, were collecting firewood when they were rounded up by ISWAP gunmen.

AFP quoted an official in charge of information for the Ngala municipality as saying he had received reports of an even higher number of people kidnapped, although he did not specify the figure.

Meanwhile, an unnamed source in the Babba Sansani displacement camp in Ngala told Nigeria's Daily Trust that the kidnappers were not ISWAP but Boko Haram, the extremist Islamist group that has been waging a campaign of terror across northern Nigeria for more than a decade.

Nigeria has struggled with mass kidnappings for years, particularly targeting women. One of the worst incidents occurred in 2014, when Boko Haram attacked a secondary school in Chibok, abducting 276 girls. CBS reported that 98 of them are still being held captive.

Nguyen Khanh (according to DW, CBS, AFP)

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