Original title: Nearly 300 abducted girls released in Nigeria, the government sent a special car to pick them up
Overseas Network, March 2nd According to a report from Agence France-Presse on the 2nd, the government of Zamfara State in Nigeria announced that 279 Nigerian female students kidnapped in a girls’ boarding school in the state have been released and arrived in government protected areas. To this end, Governor Belo Matavale tweeted to celebrate the safe return of female students and showed a number of live photos of the students being picked up by the special car.
On February 26, the middle school involved was attacked by unidentified militants and 317 students were kidnapped. According to the BBC, since December 2020, more than 600 students in northwestern Nigeria have been kidnapped for extortion. According to reports, previous attacks on schools were mostly launched by the extremist organization Boko Haram, mainly in northeastern Nigeria. Recently, kidnappings launched by militants are increasing in central and northwestern Nigeria. (Overseas Net Wang Xiaoyu)
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