More Than 130 Abducted Schoolchildren in Nigeria Are Returning Home After Weeks in Captivity

More Than 130 Abducted Schoolchildren in Nigeria Are Returning Home After Weeks in Captivity
The freed students of the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga upon their arrival at the state government house in Kaduna, Nigeria, on March 25, 2024. Habila Darofai/AP Photo
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KADUNA, Nigeria—More than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued after more than two weeks in captivity arrived Monday in their home state in northwestern Nigeria ahead of their anticipated reunions with families, following the latest in a series of mass school abductions in the West African nation.

Six of the 137 students remain in hospital, and one staff member who was abducted along with the children died in captivity, military officials said.