Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnap: rescue 'extremely difficult'

Nigerian troops said to be 'scared' of entering areas in north-east under control by Islamist militants

Nigerian soldiers patrol in the north of Borno
(Image credit: 2013 AFP)

NIGERIAN troops face an "extremely difficult" mission to save around 100 schoolgirls believed to have been kidnapped by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

The girls were abducted by gunmen on Monday night from a remote boarding school in Chibok, in Nigeria's north-east state of Borno.

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