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More than 300 now missing after yet another mass kidnapping in Nigeria
At least three mass kidnappings across northern Nigeria have left more than 300 people missing, and now there's a ransom demand.
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At least three mass kidnappings across northern Nigeria have left more than 300 people missing, and now there's a ransom demand.
A security expert told CBS News that 17 mass kidnappings in 10 years in Nigeria shows "the state does not have control over the country's security."
Witnesses in Nigeria say more than 280 children were abducted from their school just 5 days after another reported mass-kidnapping.
Nigerian media outlets say scores of people, mostly girls, have been abducted in a region long plagued by Boko Haram militants.
Some recaptured inmates lay on the ground by the prison entrance near the bodies of those who died in the attack.
It's still unclear what group was behind the attack on the Catholic church, but Nigeria is facing both an Islamist insurgency, and rising criminal gang violence.
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It's the fourth mass school kidnap to hit Nigeria's northwest Kaduna state since December.
It's the latest raid by armed "bandits" in the country's northwest, where students have been increasingly targeted by the ransom-seeking gangs.
Tension in the town of Owerri in southeast Nigeria as residents worry about violence from escapees, or even the security forces.
Several staff at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization were also abducted, an official said.
The girls were the latest victims in a series of student kidnappings that Nigeria's president warns will continue if regional authorities keep paying ransoms.
One student was killed, some escaped. The abductors are thought to belong to a criminal gang. Troops were searching for the victims, who were brought to a nearby forest.
Boko Haram, the jihadist rebel group, had claimed responsibility and released a video that purportedly showed the abducted boys.
In February, 60 Minutes reported on a group of Nigerian women who survived being kidnapped, held captive and abused by Boko Haram. Last week, one of the survivors had surgery to help her walk again without a cane.
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Scores of Islamic extremists in trucks stormed the base in northern Nigeria, sending troops fleeing in all directions
Most of girls seized by Boko Haram from Dapchi were freed, but Sharibu was held back, reportedly for refusing to forsake her Christian faith
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"She was about to board the vehicle that was to bring them back. Then Boko Haram said she should convert," said the mother of the girl still in Boko Haram captivity
After repeatedly declaring Boko Haram defeated, president orders increased security for all schools in region plagued by militants
With 110 of their classmates still missing after the Islamic extremists' raid a week ago, girls stay home, look for other schools
Extremists attacked the Government Girls Science Technical College and many parents stormed the school Wednesday to demand answers
Deafening blasts could be heard Wednesday evening in Maiduguri, the home of the Boko Haram extremist insurgency
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