Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap dozens of students from Catholic school

In central Nigeria, an armed group kidnapped pupils and staff of a Catholic boarding school in the Agwara area on Friday morning. According to DW, the incident was confirmed by police. The exact number of abductees is not yet known, but local television station Arise TV says 52 have been kidnapped.

The gunmen entered the campus between one and three in the morning, kidnapping a security guard, who was shot dead, in addition to students and teachers.

In the words of Niger State Government Secretary Abubakar Usman, the school was operating despite warnings of heightened security risk.

The police reported that both special forces and the Niger State army were searching for the students. The attack came just days after a similar incident in Kebbi, where gunmen abducted 25 girls.

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