Toddlers among more than 50 schoolchildren kidnapped in Nigeria
Armed attackers seized more than 50 students from a school in northeast Nigeria. The BBC reports that toddlers were among those taken, with families demanding an immediate government response.
Armed attackers raided a school campus in northeast Nigeria and abducted more than 50 students. According to the BBC, toddlers are among the children taken, in the latest in a series of school abductions in recent weeks.
Authorities said the children are being tracked and that security forces are conducting an operation. Families have called for faster and more transparent updates from the government, while classes at schools in the area have been temporarily suspended.
School attacks have become a national trauma in Nigeria, especially after the 2014 abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls. Security analysts the BBC spoke with pointed to structural weaknesses in rural law enforcement and emphasised the need for a long-term response.
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