On 1 January 2015,
Boko Haram
Boko Haram, officially known as ''Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād'' ( ar, جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit=Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad), is an Islamic terrorist organization ...
, an Islamic
Jihadist
Jihadism is a neologism which is used in reference to "militant Islamic movements that are perceived as existentially threatening to the West" and "rooted in political Islam."Compare: Appearing earlier in the Pakistani and Indian media, Wes ...
and terrorist organization based in northeast Nigeria kidnapped about 40 boys and young men from the village of Malari in
Borno State
Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...
,
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
.
The victims were taken into a nearby forest.
See also
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Slavery in 21st century Islamism
Quasi-state-level jihadist groups, including Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, have captured and enslaved women and children, often for sexual slavery. In 2014 in particular, both groups organised mass kidnappings of large ...
References
Boko Haram kidnappings
Kidnapped Nigerian children
Kidnappings in Nigeria
Child abduction in Nigeria
Slavery in Nigeria
Terrorist incidents in Nigeria in 2015
Kidnappings by Islamists
Crime in Borno State
January 2015 events in Nigeria
Violence against men in Africa
Mass kidnappings in the 2010s
Terrorist incidents in Borno State
Incidents of violence against boys
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