Militants kill two people and abduct 20 children in Nigeria's Piyemi village near Chibok, which was shaken with kidnapping of 200 schoolgirls eight years ago
Nigeria struggles with a string of abduction-for-ransom attacks on schools by criminal gangs over the last year in its northwestern states. Daesh-affiliated ISWAP militants dressed in military uniforms started shooting and looting shops in the Piyemi village and setting homes on fire on Thursday,"They shot dead two people and took away 13 girls and seven boys aged between 12 and 15," local resident Samson Bulus said.
The militants razed part of the village, including a church, and burnt 10 vehicles in the three-hour long attack, John said.A community leader also gave similar details about the assault and the abducted children.Thursday's kidnapping came as Nigeria struggles with a string of abduction-for-ransom attacks on schools by criminal gangs over the last year in its northwestern states.
Most of the hostages were released after negotiations with the criminal gangs known locally as bandits, but some are still in captivity in forest hideouts.
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