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63 abducted females escape Boko Haram

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More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted weeks ago by Boko Haram extremists have managed to escape, officials said July 7, though more than 200 girls kidnapped in April still remain missing.

Civil patrol leader Abbas Gava in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, said he was told 63 women and girls escaped July 4 while their Muslim captors were engaged in a major attack on a military barracks and police headquarters in the town of Damboa.

Boko Haram demands the creation of a Muslim state. (AP)

ボコ・ハラムが拉致した女性63人自力で脱出

ナイジェリア北東部ボルノ州で武装勢力ボコ・ハラムに拉致された女性63人が脱出したことが７月７日、分かった。４月に学校から連れ去られた女子生徒は含まれない。

The Japan Times ST: July 18, 2014