Nigeria’s militant group Boko Haram, kidnapped 100 people previously this month but many were freed – and the majority were young males, not females – authorities said Friday.
A member of the anti-Boko Haram movement said 20 females and about 70 young men had been forced to board speedboats in Lake Chad.
A Nigerian security official said Chadian soldiers killed most of the terrorists and set free most of the captives.
The militants kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in April who still have not been freed.
