Nigerian Forces Comb Forests for Nearly 300 Kidnapped Students

In this screen grab taken from video, Nigerian Army vehicles are parked at the village where children were kidnapped in Kuriga, Kaduna state, March 7, 2024. A woman cries as she calls out to the government to help rescue students that were kidnapped by gunmen in Chikun, Nigeria, March 7, 2024.

Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria's northwest region on Friday in search of nearly 300 children abducted from their school by motorcycle-riding gunmen in the latest mass kidnapping, which analysts and activists blamed on the failure of intelligence and a slow security response.