The children were taken during an early-morning raid on Friday in Zamfara state
The kidnappings, from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe town, were the second in the area in less than a fortnight
Parents have expressed frustration at the government s apparent inability to keep children safe in northern Nigeria
Several armed groups operate in the area and use kidnappings as a way to gain money or as leverage to secure their members release from jail
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls taken in mass abduction
Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation
Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern
Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation.
Police and the military have begun joint operations to rescue the girls after the attack at the
Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe town, according to a police spokesman in Zamfara state,
Mohammed Shehu, who confirmed the number abducted.
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300+ Nigerian girls kidnapped from boarding school in ‘another brutal attack’
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
By SAM OLUKOYA, The Associated Press
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation.
Police and the military have begun joint operations to rescue the girls after the attack at the Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe town, according to a police spokesman in Zamfara state, Mohammed Shehu, who confirmed the number abducted.
One parent, Nasiru Abdullahi, told The Associated Press that his daughters, aged 10 and 13, are among the missing.