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Nigeria steps up search for 25 abducted schoolgirls in northwestern Kebbi region - PUNCH
Summary
- 'We must find these children,' army chief says
- Trump pressures Nigeria over Christian persecution
- Two girls have escaped abductors, parents say
- Kidnapping echoes 2014 Chibok incident
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces on Tuesday intensified a search for 25 girls abducted by gunmen from a boarding school in northwestern Kebbi, the latest school abduction as widespread insecurity continues to plague the country. Parents who gathered at the school said two girls had managed to escape their abductors on Monday evening.
Police said men armed with rifles stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in the town of Maga around 4 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Monday, arriving on motorcycles in an apparently well-planned attack.
