18 h. ago Nigerian child recalls how he was taken in mass school abduction: ‘They said they’d shoot us’

When gunmen stormed St. Mary Catholic School in Nigeria's Papiri community, the children tried to escape but were told they would be shot if they ran away

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19 h. ago 'They said they'd shoot us': Nigerian child recalls how he was taken in mass school abduction

When gunmen stormed St. Mary Catholic School in Nigeria's Papiri community, the children tried to escape but were told they would be shot if they ran away

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2 w. ago 24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says

Nigeria's president says that all 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in Kebbi in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued

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2 w. ago The unintended consequences of Trump’s ICE raids: Empty classrooms

Thousands of students missed school during Trump’s mass deportation push as teachers and families brace for arrests

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2 w. ago Security fears rise in Nigeria after more than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped

Christian group revises up number of students and teachers missing after one of country’s largest mass abductionGunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said on Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation.The early Friday raid on St Mary’s co-educational school in Niger state in western Nigeria came after gunmen on Monday stormed a secondary school in neighbouring Kebbi state, abducting 25 girls. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nigeria reels after 215 children taken in second mass school abduction in a week

Twelve teachers also kidnapped from Catholic school amid threats from Trump to intervene over ‘Christian genocide’Unknown gunmen have abducted 215 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, the second mass abduction in the country in a week.The latest kidnapping, in Papiri community in Niger state, came against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s threat to intervene militarily to end a “Christian genocide”, which the Nigerian government has denied is happening. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nigeria school horror as gunmen kidnaps 215 children and 12 teachers in mass abduction

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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2 w. ago Nigeria school horror as gunmen kidnap 215 children and 12 teachers in mass abduction

Nigeria has seen its second mass abduction in a week after 215 students and 12 teachers taken from St Mary's School in Agwara this morning (November 21), just days after 25 girls were taken

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3 w. ago Cologne 'mass casualty' as 20 kids injured after pepper spray deployed in school

The incident was sparked by an altercation involving teenage pupils inside the school building in Cologne, Germany, at around 2.20pm, police have confirmed

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3 w. ago 20 children injured after 'mass casualty incident' in school as nine rushed to hospital

Police and other emergency service crews in Germany have raced to Raderthal School in Cologne after pepper spray was deployed, sparking a "mass casualty incident" alert

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3 w. ago Nigeria sees 25 school girls snatched and staff member shot in horror mass kidnap

Armed attackers have stormed a secondary school in Nigeria and kidnapped 25 schoolgirls, police have said

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3 w. ago Terror as mass kidnapping sees 25 school girls snatched and staff member shot by armed gang

One staff member at the school was killed and another was wounded in what was the latest incident of school abductions signalled the dawn of a new era of terror

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