Militants Free Scores of Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls After Month in Captivity

Militants Free Scores of Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls After Month in Captivity
Some of the newly-released Dapchi schoolgirls are pictured in Jumbam village, Yobe State, Nigeria March 21, 2018. Reuters/Ola Lanre
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DAPCHI, Nigeria—Islamist insurgents drove scores of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls back into the town where they had been captured a month ago and abruptly set them free on Wednesday.

The captors gave no reason for their release, but Nigeria denied that a ransom had been paid. Several of the girls said some of their friends had died in captivity and one was still being held.