2025 Niger State school kidnapping

On 21 November 2025, gunmen kidnapped 315 people from St Mary's School in Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.^[1] 303 students and 12 teachers were kidnapped. All other schools in Niger State, as well as many in nearby states, have closed as a result of the attack. Fifty students escaped on 23 November, according to the CAN, leaving 253 children in captivity.^[2] The attack caused fear in the area, and many families waited for news about their childern.

References

↑ "Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300". AP News. 22 November 2025. Archived from the original on 22 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
↑ Eve Brennan; Nimi Princewill (23 November 2025). "Fifty students reunited with families after mass kidnapping in Nigeria but more than 250 still held". CNN. Retrieved 23 November 2025.

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[:0-1] "Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300". AP News. 22 November 2025. Archived from the original on 22 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.

[2] Eve Brennan; Nimi Princewill (23 November 2025). "Fifty students reunited with families after mass kidnapping in Nigeria but more than 250 still held". CNN. Retrieved 23 November 2025.

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