Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie on Tuesday
condemned as “unthinkable cruelty and evil” the kidnapping of over 200
schoolgirls in Nigeria by Boko Haram Islamists.
The star was speaking in Paris about the themes of her latest film “Maleficent” for Disney, in which she plays a vindictive fairy driven to curse an infant princess.
“Sadly of course there is real evil in the world, you watch the news and you see all of the people suffering and so much cruelty,” she told a news conference.
“And it’s unthinkable cruelty like these girls that were kidnapped in Nigeria. Unthinkable cruelty and evil,” she said.
The star was speaking in Paris about the themes of her latest film “Maleficent” for Disney, in which she plays a vindictive fairy driven to curse an infant princess.
“Sadly of course there is real evil in the world, you watch the news and you see all of the people suffering and so much cruelty,” she told a news conference.
“And it’s unthinkable cruelty like these girls that were kidnapped in Nigeria. Unthinkable cruelty and evil,” she said.
A total of 276 students were kidnapped
in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state three weeks ago when Boko Haram
stormed their school under the cover of darkness and loaded them onto
trucks. Several managed to escape but over 220 girls were still being
held, according to police.
In a video message obtained by AFP on
Monday, Abubakar Shekau, the head of the Islamist group which has killed
thousands in a five-year uprising, said it was holding the girls as
“slaves” and threatened to “sell (them)
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