Gunmen Abduct 73 Children From School in Northwest Nigeria

Gunmen Abduct 73 Children From School in Northwest Nigeria
Nigerian police officers in a file photo. Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters
Reuters
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Armed men kidnapped 73 children from a school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara in the latest mass abduction in the region, police said in a statement on Wednesday.

Police said a large number of armed bandits invaded the Government Day Secondary School in the village of Kaya in rural Zamfara state at 11:22 am local time (1022 GMT).