The Zamfara kidnapping (or Jangebe kidnapping) was the abduction of 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 during a raid by armed bandits on 26 February 2021. The kidnapping occurred at the Government Girls Science Secondary School, a boarding school in Jangebe, in Zamfara State, Nigeria.[1][2][3] All hostages were released by the bandits on 2 March 2021,[4] though claims vary as to the negotiation methods used by the Nigerian government in order to facilitate their release.
The incident was Nigeria's second school kidnapping in February 2021 and the third within three months, claiming 633 victims in total. The incident took place nine days after the Kagara kidnapping, when at least 42 hostages were taken from a school in Niger State.[5] In December 2020, kidnappers abducted 344 schoolboys in Katsina State.[6]
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