The number of girls who were allegedly kidnapped on Sunday in Northeastern Nigeria by members of the Islamist group Boko Haram amounts to eleven, according to a new report released today by a local official.
After attacking a village in Borno state, on Sunday evening, the kidnappers also attacked a second neighboring village and “abducted three more girls,” said a city official.
The Nigerian media had initially announced yesterday that eight girls were abducted from Warabe village in Borno state.
The kidnapping took place three weeks after the abduction of more than 200 girls from a boarding school in Chibok, also in Borno state, by Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is forbidden”.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau threatened on Monday to sell the girls as slaves. It remains unclear how many of them remain captive, as a few managed to escape after their abduction.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has accepted an offer from the U.S. to send a team of experts to Nigeria, in order to help identify and deal with the terrorists, according to U.S. officials.
UN warned that the actions of Boko Haram could be considered as crimes against humanity.