Gunmen Kidnap 317 Schoolgirls In A Night Time Raid In Northwest Nigeria, The 2nd Major Raid In A Week

DW: Nigeria: Hundreds of schoolgirls feared abducted in raid

Gunmen have abducted an unknown number of children in an attack on a boarding school.

It's the second time in a week that kidnappers have targeted a school in the West African country.

An armed gang has abducted an unknown number of children in an attack on a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a state government spokesman said Friday.

The overnight incident — the second mass kidnapping in a week — took place in the town of Jangebe, Zamfara state, at around midnight.

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