Nigeria: Gunmen have kidnapped school students in Nigeria. The miscreants took these students with them at gunpoint. The rescue operation is still going on to find them.
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Nigeria Kidnapping Latest News: A large number of children have been abducted once again in the African country of Nigeria. Here the gunmen have kidnapped 140 children studying in a boarding school (Nigeria Kidnapping Crisis). A school official has given this information on Monday. School students have been targeted many times in this country in the past and they are kidnapped every day for ransom. These criminal groups usually come with weapons and target villages.
The miscreants steal cattle from the villages and then demand ransom. Such incidents are most commonly seen in northwestern and central Nigeria (What Causes Kidnapping in Nigeria). But since the beginning of this year, kidnapping of children studying in schools and colleges has increased significantly. According to the information, gunmen came to Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State on Monday morning and took around 165 people present there with them.
25 students managed to escape
Teacher Emmanuel Paul told AFP news agency, ‘The kidnappers took 140 children with them and only 25 students managed to escape. We still don’t know where the children have been taken. Earlier in the case, Kaduna State Police Spokesperson Mohammad Jalige had confirmed the attack on Monday morning itself (Nigeria Kidnapping For Ransom). But he did not say anything about how many people have been kidnapped.
Rescue mission is still going on
“The search is on for the kidnappers,” the spokesman said. Our rescue mission is still going on. Talking about Bethel Baptist High School, it is a co-education school, which was established by the Baptist Church in 1991 in Marmara village of Chikun district. On the other hand, the kidnapping on Monday is the biggest kidnapping of school students in Kaduna state since December (Nigeria Child Kidnapping). Since December of last year till now, about 1000 students have been kidnapped from different states. Most of them have been released after talks with local authorities, while many students are still missing.
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