Nigerian army rescues children abducted from school over 2 weeks ago
The Nigerian army on Sunday rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country's north earlier this month, the military said, days before a deadline to pay a ransom.
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![Parents wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna state, Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria's northwest region on Friday in search of nearly 300 children who were abducted from their school a day earlier in the West African nation's latest mass kidnap which analysts and activists blamed on the failure of intelligence and slow security response. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) Parents wait outside a school in Kaduna state, Nigeria.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7153935.1711283229!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/nigeria-school-kidnap.jpg)
The Nigerian army on Sunday rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country's north earlier this month, the military said, days before a deadline to pay a ransom.