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Nigerians March Against Government Over Kidnapping of Schoolboys

Timothy Obiezu

   ABUJA - Hundreds of Nigerians in northwestern Katsina state held street
   protests Sunday calling for answers from authorities after gunmen on
   motorcycles abducted more than 300 schoolboys.

   Nigerian security forces say they engaged in gun battles Friday with
   the kidnappers at Kankara's Government Science School for boys, but are
   still searching for the 333 missing students.

   Kankara resident Salihu Bamle says the town is in shock.

   "On Friday night, the people of Kankara town witnessed a very, very sad
   thing," Bamle said. "Around 10 p.m. at night, the bandits were here
   shooting sporadically in the entire town before they moved on straight
   to the school."

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