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Christian group says 315 pupils, teachers kidnapped in latest Nigerian school abduction

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A Christian group on Saturday said the number of students and teachers taken in Nigeria’s second school abduction in a week was 315, revising upwards an earlier figure of 227.

The Christian Association of Nigeria said the new number came “after a verification exercise” following the early Friday mass kidnapping and added that “The total number of victims abducted … is now 303 students and 12 teachers”.

The kidnapping from St Mary’s school in Niger state in central Nigeria came after gunmen on Monday stormed a secondary school in Kebbi state in northwestern Nigeria, abducting 25 girls.

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