140 Students Abducted in Northwestern Nigeria  

Armed kidnappers have taken 140 students from their boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, local officials announced Monday. 

Attackers opened fire on the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna state early Monday, abducting most of the 165 pupils boarding there overnight.  Teachers at the school told reporters they don’t know where the students were taken.  Police in Kaduna state said they have rescued 26 people, including one teacher.