Gunmen Seize 15 Children From School in Nigeria

Nigerian army troops patrol near LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga where students were kidnapped in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, March 9, 2024. Nigerian soldiers patrol at the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga where students were kidnapped in Kuriga, Kaduna Nigeria, March 9, 2024. Women wait in Kaduna, Nigeria, March. 8, 2024. Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria's northwest region Friday in search of nearly 300 abducted children.

Armed men broke into a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday and seized 15 children as they slept, police told The Associated Press, about 48 hours after nearly 300 students were taken hostage in the conflict-hit region.