Hundreds of women and children have been taken hostage by Islamic extremists in two separate mass kidnapping events in Nigeria this past week.
Their fate remains unknown.
About 300 children between the ages of 5-15 are among those captured by Boko Haram or other Islamic terrorists.
This is not a story that's making too many major headlines, however, the Washington Post has details on this international horror story.
The United Nations, residents and local officials said that about 200 people, many of them women out collecting firewood, were kidnapped March 1 in Borno State...
A second mass kidnapping took place Thursday hundreds of miles away in Kaduna State, according to local media reports, which said that at least 100 students were abducted from their school.
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for the rescue of the women and children and has ordered his authorities to commence rescue operations. However, the success of such an operation remains in doubt.
The first kidnapping we know few details about. There were around 200 women out collecting firewood when they were all rounded up by a group of terrorists.
While it is likely that the abductions were carried out by Boko Haram, there is another mostly peaceful Islamic group who are rivals to Boko and they are called the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and its possible they may be behind the kidnappings.
Regardless, Islamic rebels are terrorizing, kidnapping, killing, enslaving, and perpetrating violence against the people of Nigeria.
The second kidnapping happened at a government school hundreds of miles away after it was surrounded by rebels. There is a tremendous variation in reports of the number of students kidnapped. Police are reporting the number is 100 but the school says well over 200 students were taken.
This is the largest kidnapping in Nigeria since a similar episode in 2014. Many of those victims from a decade ago have still never been found.
We need to send our prayers to the people of Nigeria.
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