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| Nigerian Girl Abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok Is Found | |
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| LAGOS, Nigeria — One of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago during a mass abduction at a school in Nigeria has been found, community leaders in the area said on Wednesday. | LAGOS, Nigeria — One of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago during a mass abduction at a school in Nigeria has been found, community leaders in the area said on Wednesday. |
| The girl, Amina Ali, was wandering in the forest when members of a vigilante group lying in wait to ambush a Boko Haram camp came across her, said Aboku Gaji, a local vigilante commander. | The girl, Amina Ali, was wandering in the forest when members of a vigilante group lying in wait to ambush a Boko Haram camp came across her, said Aboku Gaji, a local vigilante commander. |
| The kidnapping of nearly 300 girls during exam time at their boarding school in the Nigerian town of Chibok shocked the world and helped galvanize pressure on the government to fight Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group that has terrorized parts of northern Nigeria for years. | The kidnapping of nearly 300 girls during exam time at their boarding school in the Nigerian town of Chibok shocked the world and helped galvanize pressure on the government to fight Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group that has terrorized parts of northern Nigeria for years. |
| Some girls managed to escape shortly after the fighters stormed their school and hauled their classmates away. But the recovery of Ms. Ali, if confirmed, would be the first of one of the girls since the early days of the episode. | Some girls managed to escape shortly after the fighters stormed their school and hauled their classmates away. But the recovery of Ms. Ali, if confirmed, would be the first of one of the girls since the early days of the episode. |
| More than 200 girls who were taken from the school on April 14, 2014, are still missing. The mass abduction was one of the most notorious acts by a group that has rampaged through the north of Nigeria, burning entire villages and carrying out rapes, beheadings, lootings and other acts of violence. | More than 200 girls who were taken from the school on April 14, 2014, are still missing. The mass abduction was one of the most notorious acts by a group that has rampaged through the north of Nigeria, burning entire villages and carrying out rapes, beheadings, lootings and other acts of violence. |
| The inability to find and rescue the girls has been a political embarrassment for President Muhammadu Buhari and for the Nigerian military, which has made recent gains in fighting Boko Haram and releasing entire towns from its control. | The inability to find and rescue the girls has been a political embarrassment for President Muhammadu Buhari and for the Nigerian military, which has made recent gains in fighting Boko Haram and releasing entire towns from its control. |
| A military spokesman on Wednesday said that one of the Chibok girls was among a group of people rescued by troops, claiming credit for the recovery. The military used a different name, Falmata Mbalala, though some people from the area use more than one name. | A military spokesman on Wednesday said that one of the Chibok girls was among a group of people rescued by troops, claiming credit for the recovery. The military used a different name, Falmata Mbalala, though some people from the area use more than one name. |
| According to the vigilante commander, Ms. Ali was with a baby and a man described as her husband. The commander said the husband had been captured by militants as well, and that the two married while being held by Boko Haram. The couple had apparently escaped the militants’ camp. | According to the vigilante commander, Ms. Ali was with a baby and a man described as her husband. The commander said the husband had been captured by militants as well, and that the two married while being held by Boko Haram. The couple had apparently escaped the militants’ camp. |
| Members of the vigilante group took Ms. Ali to Chibok, where her mother saw her and confirmed her identity, Mr. Aboku said. Other members of the community of Chibok also confirmed Ms. Ali had been found. She told her family that the other girls from Chibok were still in the forest but that six of them had died. | Members of the vigilante group took Ms. Ali to Chibok, where her mother saw her and confirmed her identity, Mr. Aboku said. Other members of the community of Chibok also confirmed Ms. Ali had been found. She told her family that the other girls from Chibok were still in the forest but that six of them had died. |
| Ms. Ali was in the custody of the Nigerian military in the town of Damboa, according to Mr. Aboku. | Ms. Ali was in the custody of the Nigerian military in the town of Damboa, according to Mr. Aboku. |
| The kidnapping of the schoolgirls captured the world’s attention. An international campaign with the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls drew in Michelle Obama and Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban. | The kidnapping of the schoolgirls captured the world’s attention. An international campaign with the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls drew in Michelle Obama and Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban. |