Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Dozens of women feared abducted in Gamboru Ngala - BBC News

Some 200 displaced people were collecting firewood outside their camp when they were attacked, residents say.

25 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Boko HaramImage caption, Boko Haram, pictured here in a propaganda video, has waged an insurgency since 2009By Mansur AbubakarBBC News, KanoDozens of displaced people are feared to have been abducted by Boko Haram jihadists in north-eastern Nigeria.

The victims were mostly women who lived in a camp in Gamboru Ngala town after fleeing their homes because of attacks by the insurgents, locals said.

The abductions occurred when the group went to collect firewood for cooking or selling, they added.

Reports of the number of people abducted vary wildly, from nearly 50 to more than 300.

The largest mass abduction by Boko Haram occurred when more than 270 schoolgirls were seized from their dormitory in Chibok town, also in north-eastern Borno state, in 2014.

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