Nigeria 'ignored' school warnings

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Nigeria's military had advance warning of the attack on a school at which some 270 girls were kidnapped but failed to act, a rights group says.

Amnesty International says it was told by several credible sources that the military was given more than fours hours' warning of the raid.

Fifty-three of the girls escaped shortly after being seized on 14 April, leaving more than 200 still captive.

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