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Nigeria's Boko Haram 'seizes women' in Borno Nigeria's Boko Haram 'seizes women' in Borno
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More than 60 women and children have been abducted in northern Nigeria by suspected militant Islamists, residents and officials say.More than 60 women and children have been abducted in northern Nigeria by suspected militant Islamists, residents and officials say.
The abductions are said to have taken place during a series of raids over the past week on villages in Borno state.The abductions are said to have taken place during a series of raids over the past week on villages in Borno state.
Dozens of people were killed in the attacks, and people have been fleeing the villages, a BBC reporter says.Dozens of people were killed in the attacks, and people have been fleeing the villages, a BBC reporter says.
The Islamist group Boko Haram is still holding more than 200 girls it captured in Borno's Chibok town on 14 April.The Islamist group Boko Haram is still holding more than 200 girls it captured in Borno's Chibok town on 14 April.
Boko Haram is demanding the release of its fighters and their relatives, in exchange for the girls. The government has rejected this.Boko Haram is demanding the release of its fighters and their relatives, in exchange for the girls. The government has rejected this.
BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross says the latest abductions do not come as a surprise.BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross says the latest abductions do not come as a surprise.
Many remote villages in north-eastern Nigeria are extremely insecure and when Boko Haram fighters attack, they often spend hours looting and killing, he says.Many remote villages in north-eastern Nigeria are extremely insecure and when Boko Haram fighters attack, they often spend hours looting and killing, he says.
The abductions took place in the Damboa area, close to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State and the headquarters of Boko Haram until it was forced out by the military and vigilante groups.The abductions took place in the Damboa area, close to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State and the headquarters of Boko Haram until it was forced out by the military and vigilante groups.
Kummabza was just one of the villages targeted, our correspondent says.Kummabza was just one of the villages targeted, our correspondent says.
A senior officer in the Damboa local authority told AFP news agency that more than 60 people had been "hijacked and forcefully taken away". One of the village's residents told BBC Hausa: "These Boko Haram insurgents just came in and raided entire villages.
"The village [Kummabza] was also destroyed," the unnamed officer is quoted as saying. "They captured some women and children and burnt almost all the houses."
He said some of the survivors, including women and children, fled on foot to Lassa, about 25km (16 miles) away. The area's senator, Ali Ndume, told the BBC that some men had also been abducted.
"Others went to Gulak in Adamawa state, where they are now taking refuge," the officer is quoted as saying. "They took them to Izge [a village], sorted them out, took away some females and males that are strong and left the elderly and the weak ones."
He said it was still not clear exactly how many people had been taken away.
A senior officer in the Damboa local authority told AFP news agency that some of the survivors, including women and children, had fled on foot to a village about 25km (16 miles) away.
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