Nigerian girls abducted from school
Only eight of the 129 Nigerian school girls abducted this week by Boko Haram militants are still missing as more of them "have been freed," according to the Nigerian military. One of the alleged attackers has been captured, and a military search-and-rescue operation was ongoing to "ensure the safety of the remaining students," Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade said on Wednesday.Boko Haram, which translates as "western education is sin," is an Islamist militant group waging a campaign of violence in northeastern Nigeria, particularly in the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. The group is known to have carried out deadly attacks on other schools in the northeast. The heavily armed men descended on the Government Secondary School on Monday night as the girls slept in their dormitories. After a long gun battle with soldiers guarding the school, the militants herded the girls onto buses, vans and trucks and drove off, flanked by motorcycles.
This is very sad. These girls were just trying to learn by going to school and this happens. This has caused a large group of schools to close because its unsafe. I feel bad for these girls and their families and I hope the others will be found safe soon.
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