Armed men abduct children, staff at a school in Nigeria

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Nigeria sees one of worst mass abductions as 315 taken from school
More than 300 children and staff are now thought to have been kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, making it one of the worst mass abductions the country has seen. The Christian Association of Nigeria said 303 students and 12 teachers were taken from on St Mary's School in Papiri,

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Number of children abducted from Catholic school in Nigeria explodes to over 300
More than 300 children were abducted in an attack on a Catholic school in Nigeria
Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack rises to more than 300
The toll in a Catholic school abduction was raised to more than 300 schoolchildren and a dozen teachers seized during an armed attack a day earlier.

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It wasn’t immediately confirmed who the attackers were or the number of students abducted at St. Mary’s School in Niger state’s Papiri community.

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More than 300 taken from Nigeria school in one of worst mass abductions

More than 300 children and staff are thought to have been abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria this week, one of the worst mass kidnappings ever recorded there.
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