Zamfara kidnapping

The Zamfara kidnapping (Jangebe kidnapping) was a mass kidnapping of female students in Jangebe, Zamfara State, Nigeria. On 26 February 2021, 279 girls aged 12–17 years old were kidnapped by armed bandits at the Government Girls Science Secondary School, a boarding school in the northwest of the country. A police officer was killed.

It is part of the Nigerian bandit conflict, which began in 2011. It is the second school kidnapping in Nigeria during 2021, the first being the Kagara kidnapping.

Amnesty International said the kidnapping is a war crime. No one has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.

On 2 March 2021, the students were freed. The news was released by a tweet from the Zamfara governor.

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Category:2021 crimes in Africa
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Category:2020s crimes in Nigeria
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Category:Kidnapping
Category:2020s murders in Africa
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