Kidnappers release schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria's Zamfara state - Zamfara governor

Reuters | Gusau | Updated: 02-03-2021 11:20 IST | Created: 02-03-2021 10:52 IST
Kidnappers release schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria's Zamfara state - Zamfara governor
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Gunmen have released girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara, the governor said in a tweet on Tuesday.

An armed gang abducted 317 girls from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in the town of Jangebe at around 1 a.m. on Friday.

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