(VOVworld) - Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped 40 men in a remote village of Malari, in Borno state, north-eastern Nigeria. Malari villagers said Saturday that on New Year's Eve, Boko Haram militants stormed the village in pick-up trucks and whisked away the males, aged between 10 and 23, into the nearby Sambisa forest, believed to be one of Boko Haram’s major bases.
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| Boko Haram has taken control of several towns and villages in the north-east. (Photo: AFP) |
Days later, people who fled Malari village arrived in the state capital, Maiduguri, and reported the incident. The Nigerian military in Maiduguri hasn’t released any comment.