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In October 2016, 21 of the kidnapped schoolgirls were released by Boko Haram.
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In October 2016, 21 of the kidnapped schoolgirls were released by Boko Haram.
Ten years after the day, we take a look at what was arguably the most brazen case of mass abduction in Nigeria at the time.