Nigeria Boko Haram: almost 100 men and boys abducted
- 9 years ago
Boko Haram members on Sunday kidnapped nearly 100 men and boys from a remote village in northern Nigeria.
According to witnesses who hid in the bush for days and travelled some 180 kilometers to escape the raid, Boko Haram members arrived at Doron Baga village at around 5:30 a.m. shouting “Allah Akbar” (God is great) and shooting sporadically.
They forced people out of their houses and loaded men and boys into trucks, threatening to shoot whoever disobeyed them, witness Halima Adamu was quoted by Reuters as saying.
According to villagers, Boko Haram members also burned several houses and executed six older men, Al Jazeera reported. When they fled the scene, only women, girls and young children were left in the village.
The kidnapping comes four months after Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from the village of Chibok, in southern Nigeria.
Attacks on civilians by the group who is aiming at reinstating a medieval Islamic caliphate in the country have dramatically increased in the last year, Al Jazeera said. They include kidnapping boys and forcing them to fight and abducting girls as sex slaves.
According to the Diplomacy Post, ten of thousands of Nigerians have been killed since Boko Haram switched from proselytization to combat in 2009.
“The group has also been blamed for the destruction of public infrastructure, private businesses and the displacement of at least six million Nigerians,” the news site reported.
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According to witnesses who hid in the bush for days and travelled some 180 kilometers to escape the raid, Boko Haram members arrived at Doron Baga village at around 5:30 a.m. shouting “Allah Akbar” (God is great) and shooting sporadically.
They forced people out of their houses and loaded men and boys into trucks, threatening to shoot whoever disobeyed them, witness Halima Adamu was quoted by Reuters as saying.
According to villagers, Boko Haram members also burned several houses and executed six older men, Al Jazeera reported. When they fled the scene, only women, girls and young children were left in the village.
The kidnapping comes four months after Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from the village of Chibok, in southern Nigeria.
Attacks on civilians by the group who is aiming at reinstating a medieval Islamic caliphate in the country have dramatically increased in the last year, Al Jazeera said. They include kidnapping boys and forcing them to fight and abducting girls as sex slaves.
According to the Diplomacy Post, ten of thousands of Nigerians have been killed since Boko Haram switched from proselytization to combat in 2009.
“The group has also been blamed for the destruction of public infrastructure, private businesses and the displacement of at least six million Nigerians,” the news site reported.
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