Some 150 students missing after gunmen raid Nigerian school –parent, administrator


  • World
  • Monday, 05 Jul 2021

BAUCHI/KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -About 150 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Nigeria's Kaduna state, a parent and an administrator said on Monday, and police said they were in hot pursuit alongside military personnel.

The attack on the Bethel Baptist High School is the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in northwest Nigeria, which authorities have attributed to armed bandits seeking ransom payments.

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