US EditionNumber of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300
The Christian Association of Nigeria reports 315 students and teachers abducted from St. Mary's School, surpassing the 2014 Chibok kidnapping, amid ongoing security challenges and 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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On the night of November 21, a group of armed men broke into St. Mary's Catholic boarding school in Papiri, Niger state in western Nigeria. They abducted 315 students between the ages of 10 and 18, as well as 12 teachers.
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