227 students kidnapped from school in Nigeria
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 200 people from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, the second mass kidnapping in a Nigerian school this week. The incident took place on Friday at St. Mary's School in Papiri, Niger State. Authorities in Niger State had earlier ordered the temporary closure of all residential schools there due to the deteriorating security situation. The Christian Association of Nigeria, an organization working with the Christian community in Nigeria, said gunmen abducted 215 students and 12 staff members in an attack early yesterday.
In recent days, there has been a surge in attacks by armed groups in Nigeria. On Monday, more than 20 schoolgirls were kidnapped from a boarding school in Kebbi state. All of the girls are Muslim, the BBC has been told. A church in the southern state of Kwara was also attacked. Two people were killed and 38 others were abducted during a religious service at the church. The service was being streamed online. Meanwhile, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has postponed his foreign trip, which includes the G20 summit in South Africa this weekend, in response to the security crisis that has gripped the country. Police said that armed men attacked St.
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Mary's School at around 2 a.m. on Friday and abducted students from their hostels. The gunmen are known locally as "bandits". Fear and uncertainty have gripped the area since the incident. Families are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their children. "Everyone is devastated... the incident has taken everyone by surprise," local resident Dominic Adamu told the BBC. "People are complaining about the security situation in our country," said a man named Adamu. Adamu's daughters are also students at St. Mary's School. However, they were not abducted.
A helpless woman told the BBC in tears that her two nieces, aged 6 and 13, had been abducted. "I just want them to come home," she said. Authorities in Niger state say that the government ordered the closure of all boarding facilities at schools after intelligence reports of a potential attack. St. Mary's School disobeyed that order. The school authorities have not yet commented on the allegations.
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