What the records say
- When
- 14 Apr 2014
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 10.88° N, 12.84° E
- Description
- Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping: an estimated 276 girls and women are abducted from a school in Nigeria and held hostage.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping.
Summary
Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping: an estimated 276 girls and women are abducted from a school in Nigeria and held hostage
Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping
2014 kidnapping by Boko Haram
On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 mostly Christian, with some Muslim, schoolgirls aged from 16 to 18 were kidnapped by the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. Prior to the raid, the school had been closed for four weeks due to deteriorating security conditions, but the girls were in attendance to take final exams in physics.
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