Kano: An international uproar mounted on Tuesday over the fate of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants in mid-April as three more girls were reported kidnapped by the Boko Haram, The Washington Post reported.
The Obama administration is preparing to send a team of specialists to Nigeria to help recover the missing girls and UN officials have warned that the kidnappers could face arrest, prosecution and prison under international law.
In Nigeria, UN officials reported that a new kidnapping had occurred, with between eight and 11 girls abducted on Sunday by armed militants in the northern state of Borno to prevent them from attending school. It is unclear whether the same extremist group was involved in both abductions.
The White House announced that the US Secretary of State John Kerry had called Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and offered to send a team including law enforcement and military experts as US President Barack Obama condemmed the abductions of the schoolgirls.
