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Gunmen abduct 287 students in the latest school attack in Nigeria’s northwest, headteacher says

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By CHINEDU ASADU
Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A school headteacher in northwestern Nigeria says gunmen who attacked the school abducted 287 students as they were about to start classes. It marks the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. Locals told The Associated Press the assailants surrounded the government-owned school in Kaduna State’s Kuriga town on Thursday morning just as the pupils were about to start the school day. Dozens of armed groups in the northwest and central regions target villagers and travelers for huge ransoms.

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