"Fifty of the 303 students kidnapped from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria last week have escaped and have been reunited with their parents, the Catholic Church and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Sunday. What happened in the kidnapping? Armed men raided the Catholic boarding school in the village of Papiri in Niger State on Friday morning, abducting 303 children and 12 teachers."
"Meanwhile, Pope Leo XIV on Sunday made "a heartfelt appeal for the immediate release of the hostages." The pope spoke of his "deep sorrow, especially for the many young boys and girls kidnapped and for their anguished families," at the end of the Angelus prayer. School kidnappings have come to define insecurity in Nigeria, and armed gangs often see schools as "strategic" targets to attract more attention."
Armed men raided a Catholic boarding school in Papiri, Niger State, on Friday morning, abducting 303 children and 12 teachers. Fifty of the kidnapped students escaped and were reunited with their parents, the Catholic Church and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN); 253 pupils remain in captivity, including six-year-olds. CAN chairman Bulus Yohanna said pupils fled from their captors on Friday and Saturday. Pope Leo XIV appealed for the immediate release of the hostages and expressed deep sorrow for the kidnapped children and their families. School kidnappings have become a defining security problem in Nigeria, with at least 1,500 students seized since Chibok; many releases followed ransom payments.
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