Nigeria: 37 students missing after armed kidnapping at a school
Thirty-seven students are missing in Nigeria after an armed raid on a school, France 24 reported. The incident is the latest in a series of school abductions in the country. Security forces have launched an operation to find them.
Thirty-seven students are reported missing in Nigeria after gunmen raided a school. According to France 24, the incident is part of a recurring pattern of school abductions in the country in recent years.
Authorities said security forces had launched a search operation in the area to find the students. Families were reported to be waiting near the school for news of their children.
Abductions targeting schools in the country's northern and central regions pose a persistent security challenge for the government. Nigerian authorities have in the past worked to secure the release of students in similar cases.
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