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Gunmen seize 315 pupils and teachers in latest Nigerian mass school kidnapping

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This handout photo from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) shows empty bunk beds and scattered belongings inside a student dormitory at St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Agwarra local government, Niger state. © AFP - BULUS DAUWA YOHANNA

Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 schoochildren and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said Saturday. No group has yet claimed responsibility for what is the second abduction in a week in Africa's most populous nation.

A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during Friday morning's raid on St Mary's co-education school in Nigeria's Niger State, in the central western part of the country.

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