Extremists kidnap 40 males in northern Nigeria
Source: AP-Excite
By HARUNA UMAR
BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram extremists have kidnapped about 40 boys and young men and killed scores of soldiers in a bold attack on a multinational military base in northeast Nigeria, according to fleeing residents and an intelligence officer.
The militants came to the remote village of Malari on Friday and urged people to come out and listen to a sermon, farmer Bulama Malam told reporters Saturday.
"After telling us that they wanted to preach to us, they began to select young men aged between 12 and 25," Malam said. "I was lucky to escape because they only selected very young and able-bodied men."
He spoke in Maiduguri, the capital of northeast Borno state, to which he escaped on foot.
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