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Shoes of kidnapped children: In 2021 there was a mass kidnapping at a school in northern Nigeria, now there has probably been another attack on a school
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Gunmen apparently kidnapped more than 200 children from a school in the northern town of Kuriga in Nigeria on Thursday, shortly after the morning school assembly.
This is reported by the news agencies AP and Reuters, citing teachers and parents.
Hassan Abdullahi, father of several kidnapped children, told Reuters that local vigilantes tried to fight off the gunmen but were overwhelmed.
The police in Kaduna state have not yet responded to inquiries about the kidnappings.
The governor in charge promised to work for the release of the students, but did not say how many children were missing.
The headmaster spoke of almost 300 children.
Kidnappings for ransom by armed men are not uncommon in northern Nigeria.
The last major kidnapping of school children in Kaduna was reported in July 2021 when gunmen abducted more than 150 students in a raid.
The children were reunited with their families months later after they paid a ransom.
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