BREAKING: Boko Haram kidnaps 500 Nigerian Kids

Reports coming in states that up to 500 Nigerian kids have been kidnapped from Damasak in Borno state Nigeria by terrorist sect Boko Haram. 

The BBC reports that the kids are all aged 11 and under and come from the recently recaptured Borno town.

One trader in the region told Reuters that Boko Haram fighter had taken the children along with them as they fled on comming soldiers.

Damasak was freed by Chadian and Niger forces earlier this month after several months of being under the control of the terrorists.

A regional force had been created to help fight the insurgents, this force comprises of Chad,Niger, Nigerian and Camerounian soldiers who helped put the terrorists on the defensive.

Boko Haram had in April 2014 attracted international scrutiny after they more than 200 girls from a boarding school in Chibok town in north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state.