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Added on the 02/03/2021 13:07:28 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Primary and secondary schools are closed following restrictions imposed by the authorities in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara a day after 73 students were kidnapped by gunmen in the latest in a series of mass abductions targeting pupils. IMAGES
Distressed parents wait for news of their children after gunmen stormed the Bethel Baptist High School in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria, kidnapping 140 students in the early hours on Monday. IMAGES
Lagos (Nigeria), March 2 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Stringer) The 279 students kidnapped at dawn last Friday in a public school for girls in the state of Zamfara, in northwestern Nigeria, were released on Tuesday, according to the governor of the region, Beautiful Muhammad Matawalle.FOOTAGE OF THE STUDENTS.
A group of girls previously kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria arrive on March 2, 2021 at the Government House in Gusau, Zamfara State, upon their release. All 279 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released and are on government premises. Nigeria has been rocked by four mass abductions of students in less than three months, by criminal groups. IMAGES
Empty beds in a school hostel and hastily-abandoned bags in classrooms bear testimony to the kidnapping of hundreds of students from the Government Science Secondary School in Nigeria's northwestern town of Kankara. Jihadist extremist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility of Friday's abduction, in what would be its first attack in the region since it launched a jihadist uprising more than a decade ago. IMAGES
A day after their release, dozens of Nigerian schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen earlier this month, arrive at the Kaduna State Government House ahead of a meeting with the governor of the northwestern state, Uba Sani. The mass abduction in Kuriga, Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest attacks on a school in years and sparked a national outcry over insecurity. IMAGES