73 high school students kidnapped by gunmen from northwest Nigeria
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In yet another incident of kidnapping in Nigeria, armed gunmen kidnapped as many as 73 students from a high school in the northwest of the country. "The abduction followed the invasion of the school by large numbers of armed bandits," police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said. The gunmen stormed into the secondary school in Kaya in the Maradun region of Zamfara State. Mass abductions have become a common act in Nigeria.