why would ~300 kids get abducted? are child soldiers making a comeback? something more nefarious?
Kidnappings at schools in Nigeria were first carried out by jihadist group Boko Haram, who seized more than 200 students from a girls’ school in Chibok in Borno state a decade ago. But the tactic has since been adopted by criminal gangs without any ideological affiliation seeking ransom payments, according to authorities.
Child soldiers never actually left
i cant imagine that many of the parents are going to be wealthy enough to afford ransoms…
I guess when you’re ransoming hundreds of kids at a go you stop worrying about big amounts. Quantity over quality, aka the enshittification of kidnapping.
quantity has a quality all of its own I guess?
Always has been
