Witnesses: Boko Haram returns Nigerian kidnapped schoolgirls

21/3/2018 19:20

        Boko Haram extremists returned most of the 110 girls abducted from their Nigeria boarding school a month ago with an ominous warning, witnesses said Wednesday.
        
        The fighters rolled into Dapchi around 2 a.m. in nine vehicles and the girls were left in the center of town. As terrified residents emerged from their homes, the extremists said "this is a warning to you all," resident Ba'ana Musa told The Associated Press.
        
        "We did it out of pity. And don't ever put your daughters in school again," the extremists said. Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language.
        
        Nigeria's information minister said 76 of the 110 schoolgirls had been confirmed freed and indicated that the number would rise as the release was "ongoing."