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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Tears of joy as Nigerian families reunite with kidnapped schoolchildren

APTOPIX Nigeria Abductions - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

In a Christmas reunion, families and villagers in north-central Nigeria cried and hugged schoolchildren who were held for a month after being seized in one of the largest mass abductions in the country’s history.

The 130 schoolchildren and teachers were released on Sunday and brought home in Niger state’s Papiri community late Wednesday night, marking the last batch freed since the Nov. 21 attack on St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri.

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