US President Barack
Obama branded the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria by
suspected Boko Haram Islamists “heartbreaking” and “outrageous” and
called for an international response.
The girls were taken three weeks ago, sparking global
outrage, and the mass kidnapping may constitute a crime against humanity,
according to the UN.
“It’s a heartbreaking situation, outrageous
situation,” Obama said in an interview with US broadcaster ABC on yesterday, Tuesday, May 7th 2014.
“This may be the event that helps to mobilize the entire international
community to finally do something against this horrendous organization that’s
perpetrated such a terrible crime.”
Obama confirmed that Nigeria had accepted a US offer to send
a team of experts to help find the missing girls, saying “we’ve already sent in a team to Nigeria,” consisting of “military, law
enforcement, and other agencies.”
This team will work to “identify
where in fact these girls might be and provide them help,” the US president
said, denouncing Boko Haram as “one of
the worst regional or local terrorist organizations.”
Though initially slow to emerge, global outrage has flared
over the mass abduction, when Boko Haram stormed a school and loaded the girls
at gunpoint onto trucks.
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