events
April 14, 2014
Boko Haram abducts 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Nigeria.
Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping
On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 mostly Christian, with some Muslim, schoolgirls aged from 16 to 18 were kidnapped by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. Prior to the raid, the school had been closed for four weeks due to deteriorating security conditions, but the girls were in attendance to take final exams in physics.
Chibok
Chibok is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria, located in the southern part of the state. It's headquarters are in the town of Chibok.
April 14
April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 261 days remain until the end of the year.