Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Kidnap 8 More Girls in Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight girls form a village near one of their strongholds in northeast Nigeria overnight, police and residents said on Tuesday.  The abduction of the girls, aged from 12 yo 15, follows the kidnapping of more than 250 other schoolgirls by the Islamist militant group last month. "They were many, and all of them carried guns. They came in two vehicules painted in army color. They started shooting in our village" Musa by telephone from the village in the hilly Gwoza aera, Boko Haeam's main base. The police source, who could not be named, said the girls were taken away on trucks, along with looted livestock and food.