Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped and are now with their families

A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary's School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria's Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said.

Gunmen kidnapped 303 children and 12 teachers from St. Mary's School in Nigeria. Tactical squads work to rescue the abducted students aged 10-18.

More than 300 children and staff are now thought to have been kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, making it one of the worst mass abductions the country has seen.

Pope Leo asked on Sunday for the immediate release of children and staff abducted this week from a Catholic school in Nigeria, one of the worst mass kidnappings ever recorded there.

Nicki Minaj responded to the mass kidnapping of 303 children and 12 teachers from St. Mary's School in Nigeria with prayer for hostages' safe return.

Nigerian military leaders met with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu at his residence in Abuja on Sunday, following a series of kidnappings of students and teachers by armed men.

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