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Nigeria kidnap victims escape 'hellfire' captivity beaten, malnourished

Rescued kidnap victims are being treated at the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital in Ilorin

ILORIN (NIGERIA) - Visibly frail and malnourished children and women lay on rows of hospital beds, their bodies bearing the scars of six months of captivity deep in the Nigerian bush.

The patients were among 163 kidnapping victims from Woro, rescued earlier this month in the Kainji Lake National Park forest, after their village was attacked by suspected jihadists.

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