230 girls abducted in school attack by Nigerian extremists still missing, 1 week later
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Nigerian parents say more than 200 girls and young women abducted from a school by Islamic militants remain missing one week later, despite a "hot pursuit" by security forces and an independent search by desperate parents who went into a dangerous forest.
Dozens of the kidnapped girls managed to escape by jumping from the back of an open truck or hiding in dense forest.
Although the military has mounted a hunt, parents who spent days searching the forest say they did not see any soldiers.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Defense Ministry said Tuesday it is deploying more troops to searches for the students. The failure of Nigeria's military to rescue the schoolgirls is a major embarrassment to the armed forces, which have said they are containing the Islamic insurgency.