Nigerian security forces free more than 300 hostages abducted by militants
Over 160 of the freed abductees had been kidnapped in a February attack on Woro, Kwara state, pictured. Photograph: Light Oriye Tamunotonye/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenOver 160 of the freed abductees had been kidnapped in a February attack on Woro, Kwara state, pictured. Both states are flanked to the west by Benin, where militant attacks have been surging in recent times.
- ▪Over 160 of the freed abductees had been kidnapped in a February attack on Woro, Kwara state, pictured.
- ▪Photograph: Light Oriye Tamunotonye/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenOver 160 of the freed abductees had been kidnapped in a February attack on Woro, Kwara state, pictured.
- ▪Both states are flanked to the west by Benin, where militant attacks have been surging in recent times.
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Over 160 of the freed abductees had been kidnapped in a February attack on Woro, Kwara state, pictured. Photograph: Light Oriye Tamunotonye/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenOver 160 of the freed abductees had been kidnapped in a February attack on Woro, Kwara state, pictured. Photograph: Light Oriye Tamunotonye/AFP/Getty ImagesNigeriaNigerian security forces free more than 300 hostages abducted by militantsPresident hails ‘successful’ rescue as country battles endemic kidnapping for ransom and insecurity worsensEromo Egbejule in Abidjan with news agenciesThu 6 Aug 2026 08.40 EDTLast modified on Thu 6 Aug 2026 08.42 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on Google‘They killed my sons’: chief of Nigerian village where jihadists massacred hundreds recounts night of terrorRead moreNigerian…
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