Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly abducted 20 women from the village of Garkin Fulani, Nigeria, just miles away from the Chibok, where hundreds of girls were taken in April. The Nigerian Islamic militants forced the girls into their vehicles by gunpoint and also reportedly kidnapped three young men attempting to stop the abduction.

Officials from the Nigerian military were nowhere to be found during the time of the abduction. From the Wall Street Journal:

The attack was the latest reminder of how vulnerable the northeastern corner of Nigeria has become, despite President Goodluck Jonathan's declarations of war against Boko Haram. The country's military was nowhere to be seen during the hourslong raid, said a member of the state government there.

According to the Journal, a group of vigilantes has taken up trying to prevent further abductions, but are proving outmatched against the Boko Haram:

Instead, the job of preventing more kidnappings has fallen to a group of vigilantes who say they have been left with only hunting rifles, fashioned from car parts and scraps of wood, to go up against the rocket launchers and heavy machine guns of Boko Haram.

The Nigerian government couldn't be reached to comment about Monday's incident, but it has maintained that its military is performing valiantly.

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