Boko Haram militants abduct dozens more women, girls in Nigeria

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Last Updated : Oct 24 2014 | 11:05 AM IST

The Islamist militant group Boko Haram is reportedly accused of abducting more women and girls from two villages in Nigeria's north-eastern Adamawa state.

According to the BBC, the abductions have not been confirmed by the authorities, but residents say they took place a day after the military announced it had agreed a ceasefire with the Boko Haram group.

The people in the area who witnessed the abductions said that a large group of insurgents attacked the villages in the night and took young women and girls with them.

The militants reportedly forced the women to harvest groundnuts on a farm and kidnapped those who were teenagers or in their early 20s, the report said.

The news of the kidnapping comes amid a reported truce and talks aimed at securing the release of more than 200 other girls taken hostage by the group in April.

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First Published: Oct 24 2014 | 10:32 AM IST

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