Kuriga kidnap: Nigerian pupils taken in mass abduction freed - BBC News

Gunmen rode through the school in Kuriga in north-western Nigeria seizing children as young as eight.

23 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Nigerian armyImage caption, The pupils, some seen here after being freed, were in a school compound assembly ground when the gunmen rode inBy Yūsuf Akínpẹ̀lúBBC News, LagosNigerian pupils taken by gunmen in a mass abduction in the north-western town of Kuriga earlier this month have been freed "unharmed", officials say.

Kaduna state governor Uba Sani said they had been rescued thanks to the courage of the security forces.

The school authorities had said more than 280 children were taken, but the army said 137 hostages had been freed.

It said the operation took place in the early hours of Sunday morning, days before a ransom deadline.

Officials have not yet commented on the discrepancy in numbers.

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