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Abducted Nigerian children reunited with parents - but 150 still being held
Parents in Nigeria have been reunited with 100 students who were abducted last month when gunmen stormed their school.
More than 300 students and staff were kidnapped from St Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, in northern Nigeria, on 21 November, just days after 25 students were also taken in nearby Kebbi state. Details have not been released about the fate of at least 150 other children and staff, who remain in captivity.
Fifty of the students escaped in the hours following the abductions, reported the Associated Press (AP). No group has claimed responsibility for the abductions, which were the latest in a string of similar incidents to have rocked Nigeria in the past decade.
The freed students have received medical checks, Niger state officials said. Reverend Sister Felicia Gyang, the principal of the school, thanked the security agencies for the "rescue of our children.
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