Nigeria Kidnapping Crisis: Nearly 100 Women, Children Freed After 42 Days of Captivity
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Police rescues over 100 kidnapped victims, arrests bandits in Zamfara
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100 kidnapped victims rescued in Zamfara (PHOTOS)
Police say the victims, mostly nursing mothers and children, spent 42 days in captivity
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The police in Zamfara State on Tuesday said 100 persons kidnapped in Maru Local Government Area of the state have been released.
The police spokesperson in the state, Muhammed Shehu, said the police in collaboration with the state’s Ministry for Security and Home Affairs secured their release
He said they were abducted from Manawa in Mutunji District of Dansadau Emirate in the local government area.
Bandits had on June 8 attacked the village and abducted 100 villagers, majority of whom are nursing mothers and children.