"A group of armed men kidnapped over 220 puils and staff from a Catholic boarding school in central Nigeria, local officials confirmed on Friday. Local police said the attack happened in the early hours of Friday morning, just days after a similar attack on a girls' school in another part of the country. The Christian Association of Nigeria said that a total of 227 people had been abducted, including 215 pupils and 12 teachers."
""The Niger State government has received with deep sadness the disturbing news of the kidnapping of pupils from St. Mary's School in Agwara local government area," Abubakar Usman, the state government secretary, said in a statement. The local Catholic diocese said "armed attackers invaded" the school between 1:00 am and 3:00 a.m. [0000 to 0200 GMT], abducting "pupils, students, teachers and a security" guard who was shot."
Armed attackers invaded St. Mary's Catholic boarding school in Agwara, Niger State, during the early hours, abducting pupils, teachers and a security guard who was shot. The Christian Association of Nigeria reported 227 people taken, including 215 pupils and 12 teachers, and said some students escaped while parents began collecting children as the school was shut down. Authorities received a report around 2 a.m. Police noted the school serves students aged 12 to 17. The Niger State government said the school had reopened despite intelligence warnings and did not seek state clearance before resuming academic activities.
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