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A general view of Kuriga school in Kuririga on March 8, 2024, where more than 250 pupils were kidnapped by gunmen.

A general view of Kuriga school in Kuririga on March 8, 2024, where more than 250 pupils were kidnapped by gunmen.

Photo by Haidar Umar/AFP via Getty Images.

Days after hundreds of girls were abducted by the terrorist group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno state, hundreds of young pupils were kidnapped last Thursday from a school in Kuriga, a town in north-western Kaduna state.

According to reports, the pupils were in the assembly ground on Thursday morning when they were set upon by dozens of gunmen. Confirmed by Kaduna state governor, Uba Sani, 187 students were taken from the secondary school side of the premises, and 125 were taken from the local primary school. A teacher was also taken.

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