Fifty of the more than 300 children seized by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria have managed to escape, a Christian group said Sunday.
Gunmen on Friday raided St Mary's co-education school in Niger state, taking 303 children and 12 teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria.
The abduction came days after gunmen stormed a secondary school in neighboring Kebbi state, abducting 25 girls.
"We have received some good news as fifty pupils escaped and have reunited with their parents," said the Christian Association of Nigeria in a statemen
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