It was hell on earth when the bokoharam sects invaded damask and
kidnaped more than 400 women and children from the northern Nigerian
town of Damasak that was freed this month by troops from Niger and
Chad, Reuters quoted residents as saying on Tuesday.
Firstclass newsline learnt that there was no immediate official
confirmation of the figure, but the Islamist group has previously
carried out mass kidnappings. Boko Haram in April 2014 adopted over
200 schoolgirls in Chibok.
"The bokoharam sects took 506 young women and children (in Damasak).
They killed about 50 of them before leaving. We don't know if they
killed others after leaving, but they took the rest with them," a
trader called Souleymane Ali told Reuters in the town.
Personel of the African joint force last week found the bodies of at
least 70 people in an apparent execution site under a bridge leading
out of Damasak, where the streets remained strewn with debris and
burnt-out cars after the fighting.
Ali said his wife and three of his daughters were among those seized.
"Two of them were supposed to get married this year. (Boko Haram) said
'They are slaves so we're taking them because they belong to us,'" he
said.
Mohamed Ousmane, another trader, said the militants took his two wives
and three of their children.
One 40-year-old who lives in the area gave her name as Fana said
fighters had rounded up captives in the main mosque before taking them
out of town. She said she saved her two children by hiding them in her
house.
Firstclassnewsline.net
kidnaped more than 400 women and children from the northern Nigerian
town of Damasak that was freed this month by troops from Niger and
Chad, Reuters quoted residents as saying on Tuesday.
Firstclass newsline learnt that there was no immediate official
confirmation of the figure, but the Islamist group has previously
carried out mass kidnappings. Boko Haram in April 2014 adopted over
200 schoolgirls in Chibok.
"The bokoharam sects took 506 young women and children (in Damasak).
They killed about 50 of them before leaving. We don't know if they
killed others after leaving, but they took the rest with them," a
trader called Souleymane Ali told Reuters in the town.
Personel of the African joint force last week found the bodies of at
least 70 people in an apparent execution site under a bridge leading
out of Damasak, where the streets remained strewn with debris and
burnt-out cars after the fighting.
Ali said his wife and three of his daughters were among those seized.
"Two of them were supposed to get married this year. (Boko Haram) said
'They are slaves so we're taking them because they belong to us,'" he
said.
Mohamed Ousmane, another trader, said the militants took his two wives
and three of their children.
One 40-year-old who lives in the area gave her name as Fana said
fighters had rounded up captives in the main mosque before taking them
out of town. She said she saved her two children by hiding them in her
house.
Firstclassnewsline.net
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