US EditionNumber of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300
Armed bandits abducted 303 students and 12 teachers from St. Mary's School, Niger State, highlighting ongoing security challenges and prompting statewide school closures.
- The Christian Association of Nigeria updated the toll to 315 students and teachers seized at St. Mary's School in Papiri, Niger state, following Friday's raid.
- Four days earlier, gunmen attacked a Kebbi state school and seized 25 female students, following ignored DSS intelligence warnings to suspend boarding and increase security.
- Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna said a verification exercise revised the count from 215 to 303 students and 12 teachers, with 88 pupils aged between 10 and 18 captured while trying to escape.
- Authorities ordered schools closed and security forces deployed tactical squads and hunters, combing forests to rescue abducted students after Friday's attack.
- The toll represents about half of the school's 629 enrolled pupils and surpasses the 276 Chibok abductions, drawing international attention including U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's meetings this Friday.
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Over 300 children, staff abducted from Nigerian Catholic school | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria >> More than 300 children and staff are thought to have been abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria this week, one of the worst mass kidnappings ever recorded there.
Over 300 children and staff abducted from a school in Nigeria
A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren.The tally was changed “after a verification exercise and a final census was carried out,” according to a statement issued by the Most. Reverend Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, chairman of the Niger…
Gunmen seize 315 in latest Nigerian mass school kidnapping
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa's most populous nation.
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