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Sunday, May 7, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Red Cross tweets image of freed Chibok girls
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe International Committee of the Red Cross has tweeted what might be the first public image of the Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram extremists.
The ICRC tweet shows a line of girls wearing shirts with the Red Cross logo walking across a runway to a waiting helicopter.
A happy site for families missing loved ones: Some of the 82 released #ChibokGirls board an aircraft. pic.twitter.com/9yiJOUocQe
— ICRC Africa (@ICRC_Africa) May 7, 2017
“A happy sight for families missing moved ones,” the aid group says. The ICRC acted as a mediator as Nigeria exchanged some detained Boko Haram suspects in return for the girls’ release Saturday.
This is the largest release since Boko Haram seized 276 schoolgirls from Chibok three years ago.
— AP
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