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100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released, but more are still held
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MINNA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month and released over the weekend were hosted at a government-organized ceremony on Monday, many of them looking lost but relieved.
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Nigeria’s government has secured the release of 100 schoolchildren who were abducted last month in Niger state in one of the country’s worst mass kidnappings to date, local broadcaster Channels Television reported on Sunday.
A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month have been released, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Monday, adding that more than 100 students remain in captivity.
The children were among 315 pupils and staff who were kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in late November. The fate of another 165 students and staff thought to still be in captivity is unclear.
About 100 of the more than 300 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria more than two weeks ago may have been released, according to local media reports. TVC News Nigeria reported on Sunday that federal authorities had secured the release of roughly 100 children taken during the mas…
MINNA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month and released over the weekend were hosted at a government-organized ceremony on Monday, many of them looking lost but relieved.
