Nigeria says 130 abducted schoolchildren freed after mass kidnapping
Nigerian authorities said Sunday they have secured the release of 130 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic boarding school in Niger state, bringing the total freed to more than 200 after a mass kidnapping in November. The announcement follows weeks of uncertainty over the fate of students taken by gunmen, amid renewed concern over Nigeria’s worsening kidnap-for-ransom crisis.
Nigerian authorities said Sunday they have secured the release of 130 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic boarding school in Niger state, bringing the total freed to more than 200 after a mass kidnapping in November. The announcement follows weeks of uncertainty over the fate of students taken by gunmen, amid renewed concern over Nigeria’s worsening kidnap-for-ransom crisis.
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