More terrible news out of Nigeria:
According to the BBC, gunmen have abducted 215 students and 12 staff members from St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, in an early morning raid on Friday.
From the BBC:
Police said armed men - locally known as bandits - stormed St Mary's School on Friday at about 02:00 local time (01:00 GMT) and abducted students from their hostel.
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The authorities in Niger state said the school, attended by both girls and boys, had disregarded an order to close all boarding facilities following intelligence warnings of a heightened risk of attacks.
'Regrettably, St Mary's School proceeded to reopen and resume academic activities without notifying or seeking clearance from the state government, thereby exposing pupils and the staff to avoidable risk,' they said in a statement.
This was the second mass kidnapping of the week in Nigeria, after 20 schoolgirls were abducted from a boarding school on Monday.
There was also this:
Back to the kidnapping at St. Mary's:
'Everybody is weak... it took everybody by surprise,' local resident Dominic Adamu told the BBC.
Mr Adamu, whose daughters attend St Mary's School but were not abducted, added: 'People are complaining about the state of security in our country.'
One distressed woman tearfully told the BBC that her nieces, aged six and 13 were kidnapped.
'I just want them to come home,' she said.
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