Summary
Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as 3, in the latest kidnappings in northeast Nigeria and over two months since more than 200 schoolgirls were seized.
Boko Haram has indicated that it would be willing to release the 219 schoolgirls that it has held hostage since April 14 in exchange for the freedom of its brothers in arms currently held in Nigerian jails.
Aji Khalil, a local vigilante leader, said: "Over 60 women were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists.
Boko Haram, which has been waging a deadly insurgency since 2009, used the kidnapping of women and young girls as a tactic even before the mass abduction of the schoolgirls in the remote Borno town of Chibok.
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