Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300

The children were still sleeping when gun-toting men on motorcycles arrived at their school

Dozens of students, some as young as six, were forced into a large truck and taken away in the latest school kidnapping in Nigeria.

The children were still sleeping when gun-toting men on motorcycles arrived at their school

Dozens of students, some as young as six, were forced into a large truck and taken away in the latest school kidnapping in Nigeria.

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…

Over 300 taken from Nigerian school in mass abduction

State government says school ignored instruction to close boarding schools due to attack threat.

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.