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Nigerians anxious after 330 boys kidnapped by extremists Parents of the missing Government Science secondary school students wait for news on their children in Kankara , Nigeria, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria's northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of violence in the region. (Source: AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) By LEKAN OYEKANMI and HARUNA UMAR | December 16, 2020 at 5:34 AM CST - Updated December 16...

The Nigerian government is in talks with the attackers in an effort to free the boys, government spokesman Garba Shehu said in a statement. He did not, however, identify the attackers who the government earlier described as bandits. Parents are tired of waiting for the situation in the north, home to President Muhammadu Buhari, to improve. “There’s no way I can measure my anger now,” said Marwa Hamza Kankara, camping outside the school Tuesday night for word of her son. “No woman wants to be outside at this hour but we cannot sleep, we cannot eat, because of our missing children.”

Lekan Oyekanmi And Haruna Umar Belongings of a missing Government Science Secondary School student are seen at their hostel in Kankara, Nigeria, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria's northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of violence in the region. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) December 16, 2020 - 10:23 AM KANKARA, Nigeria - Anger, fear and exhaustion. Anxiety has overwhelmed many par...

2020/12/16 20:46 Parents of a missing Government Science Secondary School student wait for news on their child in Kankara, Nigeria, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Rebels from... Parents of a missing Government Science Secondary School student wait for news on their child in Kankara, Nigeria, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria's northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of violence in the...