Gunmen in Nigeria Kidnap Dozens of Pupils From School, Parents Say

FILE - Nigerian soldiers and police officers stand at the entrance of a school in Kaduna state, on March 12, 2021, after a mass abduction. Family members report that on March 7, 2024, dozens of students were kidnapped from a school in the town of Kuriga.

Gunmen kidnapped dozens of school pupils in northern Nigeria on Thursday, residents and parents of the missing children said, in what would be the biggest abduction targeting a school since 2021.