Relatives pay a condolence visit to the mother of one of the abducted Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi student in Jumbam village, Yobe State, Nigeria February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
ABUJA (Reuters) - One hundred and ten girls are missing after an attack on a school in northeast Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, the information ministry said on Sunday, in what may be one of the largest abductions since the Chibok kidnappings of 2014.
The Islamist militant group attained international notoriety after abducting more than 270 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok. That case drew global attention to the insurgency and spawned high profile social media campaign Bring Back Our Girls.
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