Kidnappers Demand Food for Children Seized in Nigeria School Raid

Kidnappers Demand Food for Children Seized in Nigeria School Raid
Pieces of furniture are seen inside a classroom at Bethel Baptist High School in Damishi, Kaduna, Nigeria, on July 7, 2021. Bosan Yakusak/Reuters
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KADUNA, Nigeria—Kidnappers who abducted more than 100 students from a boarding school in Nigeria’s Kaduna state warned that the children could starve unless parents supply them with food, parents and the head of the Kaduna Baptist conference said on Wednesday.

The Baptist official said about 125 students are missing, while at least 28 were reunited with their families, after the overnight raid on the Bethel Baptist High School early this week, the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in northwest Nigeria.