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Days after Boko Haram militants abducted up to 200 women and children from an IDP camp in Borno State, north east Nigeria, another appalling attack has taken place in Kaduna State. Hundreds of children have been taken from a primary school and a secondary school in Kuriga village.
"Students were kidnapped from the school premises on Thursday morning around 8:00 am (local time). About 287 students are still in the hands of the bandits, 100 from the primary side and 187 from the secondary school,” the state’s police spokesman Mansur Hassan told CNN, adding, “Over 300 students were initially kidnapped, but some were rescued.”
It is inclear who is responsible for the kidnapping of the schoolchildren or their motive. Kidnap for ransom has become a lucrative bussiness in northern Nigeria, but especially in the north west where Fulani militants and criminal gangs are active. It is not clear whether faith is a motive for the attack - but, since these are government schools, it is likely that Christian children are among those taken.
According to Open Doors research, more than 37,500 people are estimated to have been killed since Boko Haram’s insurgency started in 2011.
Days after Boko Haram militants abducted up to 200 women and children from an IDP camp in Borno State, north east Nigeria, another appalling attack has taken place in Kaduna State. Hundreds of children have been taken from a primary school and a secondary school in Kuriga village.
"Students were kidnapped from the school premises on Thursday morning around 8:00 am (local time). About 287 students are still in the hands of the bandits, 100 from the primary side and 187 from the secondary school,” the state’s police spokesman Mansur Hassan told CNN, adding, “Over 300 students were initially kidnapped, but some were rescued.”
It is inclear who is responsible for the kidnapping of the schoolchildren or their motive. Kidnap for ransom has become a lucrative bussiness in northern Nigeria, but especially in the north west where Fulani militants and criminal gangs are active. It is not clear whether faith is a motive for the attack - but, since these are government schools, it is likely that Christian children are among those taken.
According to Open Doors research, more than 37,500 people are estimated to have been killed since Boko Haram’s insurgency started in 2011.
