Event
Zamfara kidnapping of at least 317 schoolgirls
26 Feb 2021 · 12.23° N, 6.07° E
What the records say
- When
- 26 Feb 2021
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 12.23° N, 6.07° E
- Description
- Zamfara kidnapping of at least 317 schoolgirls.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2021 Zamfara school kidnapping.
2021 Zamfara school kidnapping
2021 kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria
The Zamfara kidnapping was the abduction of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 during a raid by armed bandits on 26 February 2021. The kidnapping occurred at the Government Girls Science Secondary School, a boarding school in Jangebe, in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
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