US EditionGunmen kidnap Catholic school students in Nigeria's latest attack
- Early Friday, attackers struck St. Mary's School, a Catholic secondary school in Papiri, Agwara local government area, Niger State, shooting a security guard and abducting pupils and staff between 1:00 am and 3:00 am.
- Abubakar Usman, Niger State government secretary, said St. Mary's reopened despite warnings after 25 schoolgirls were abducted on Monday in Kebbi state.
- Local media reported 52 students abducted, while the Christian Association of Nigeria cited 227, including 215 pupils and 12 teachers, with Usman saying, `The exact number of abducted pupils is yet to be confirmed as security agencies continue to assess the situation`.
- President Bola Tinubu put security forces on high alert, cancelled trips, and sent Defence Minister Alhaji Bello Matawalle to lead searches while forces combed nearby forests.
- Jihadists and criminal gangs have for years favoured hostage-taking, recalling Boko Haram's Chibok abduction of nearly 300 girls and an insurgency killing more than 40,000; bandit gangs operate camps in forests across Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Niger states.
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Gunmen Abduct 200 Children, 12 Teachers at Boarding School
Gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted more than 200 schoolchildren on Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria said, in the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa's most populous country. The attack and abductions took place at St. Mary's School in...
Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic school
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted more than 200 schoolchildren Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria said, in the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa’s most popul
Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic school
Gunmen have attacked a Catholic school in Nigeria, abducting more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers. The Christian Association of Nigeria reported Friday's incident at St. Mary’s School in the Papiri community. The attack took place on Friday, and 215…
Gunmen reportedly abducted several students and staff from a Catholic school in western Nigeria early Friday. A Christian organization said more than 200 students and teachers had been abducted.
Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic school
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted more than 200 schoolchildren Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria said, in the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa’s most popul
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