Shooting mars reunion of freed Nigerian schoolgirls with parents
By Aminu ABUBAKAR
MAR 4, 2021
Shooting broke out at a handover ceremony after the kidnapped girls were returned to their village of Jangebe. By - (AFP)
All the 279 Nigerian schoolgirls released by kidnappers this week were on Wednesday reunited with their parents, in an emotional event overshadowed by chaos and shooting by security forces, an AFP reporter saw.
Angered by officials insistence on a formal handover before parents could leave with their children, mobs began throwing stones at officials outside the school in the remote village of Jangebe when the girls were returned.
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Jangbe, Nigeria: All the 279 Nigerian schoolgirls released by kidnappers this week were on Wednesday reunited with their parents, in an emotional event overshadowed by chaos and shooting by security forces, an AFP reporter saw.
Angered by officials insistence on a formal handover before parents could leave with their children, mobs began throwing stones at officials outside the school in the remote village of Jangebe when the girls were returned.
One person was shot in the stomach when security personnel opened fire and was carried away by others in the crowd. Four people have been shot dead in the confusion, Jangebe resident Bello Gidan-Ruwa told AFP by phone after leaving the village.
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