Draft:2024 Kaduna State kidnapping

On 7 March 2024, gunmen stormed a school in Kaduna State, Nigeria, and reportedly took 287 students hostage. It is the largest kidnapping of students in Nigeria since the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping of 2014.[1]

Initially, the amount of students taken hostage was believed to be 100, until the school headmaster reportedly gave a head count and concluded that 287 or more students were kidnapped.[2]

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  1. ^ "Gunmen abduct 287 students in northwestern Nigeria in latest school attack, headteacher says". PBS. 7 March 2024.
  2. ^ "At least 287 Nigerian students abducted from school by gunmen, say authorities". The Guardian. 7 March 2024.