No group has claimed responsibility.
Armed men abducted hundreds of children from an elementary school in northern Nigeria, triggering a new security challenge in the West African nation that is dealing with a cost-of-living crisis. Kaduna State Governor Sani Uba confirmed the Thursday abductions in a post on his X account, without disclosing the number of children taken. Local authorities said at least 287 children were abducted, according to the Associated Press and British Broadcasting Corp.
While there has been a lull in large-scale abductions for a couple of years, many other kidnappings go unreported. More than 1 600 school children were kidnapped between 2014 and 2022, according to Save the Children. No group has claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attack in a region where kidnappings for ransom are common.
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