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Madina Maishanu

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Eighty kidnapped Nigerians return home after escape

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By Madina Maishanu
| Yahoo Verified
The chairs strewn across the floor of one of the churches raided last month hints at the panic the attack caused [BBC] Dozens of worshippers kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state have returned home weeks after their abduction, police have confirmed. They were among 177 people seized last month from three churches in the remote village of Kurmin Wali.
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Mwathiriwa wa utekaji katika kanisa la Nigeria asimulia alivyotoroka

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By Madina Maishanu
| BBC News Swahili Verified
Usomaji maandishi tu kupunguza gharama za data Maelezo ya picha, Sarah Peter alifanikiwa kutoroka licha ya mmoja wa washambuliaji kumpiga kichwani Maelezo kuhusu taarifa Author, Madina Maishanu Nafasi, BBC Africa, Akiripoti kutoka, Kurmin Wali Dakika 16 zilizopita Muda wa kusoma: Dakika 4 Sarah Peter anauguza jeraha la kichwa alilopata baada ya kupigwa kichwani na mtutu wa bunduki.
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'Blood was all over' - victim of Nigeria church abduction describes escape

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By Madina Maishanu
| Yahoo Verified
Sarah Peter managed to escape from the kidnappers despite being hit on the head by one of the attackers [BBC] There was a huge plaster on Sarah Peter's head to staunch the bleeding caused by the blow of a gunman's weapon. Sarah, not her real name, was in church in a village in northern Nigeria on Sunday morning when attackers raided the compound to abduct the worshippers and take them away on foot. The 60-year-old was whacked on the skull with a rifle to encourage her to move.
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