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Gunmen Kidnap Over 100 People in Nigeria's Kaduna State

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At least 100 people, including women and children, were abducted by gunmen in two separate attacks over the weekend in Kaduna state. Residents said armed men dressed in army uniforms arrived in the village undetected because they had parked their motorbikes away from the village.

At least 100 people, including women and children, were abducted by gunmen in two separate attacks over the weekend in Kaduna state. Residents said armed men dressed in army uniforms arrived in the village undetected because they had parked their motorbikes away from the village.s and staff from a school in early March in Kuriga in Kaduna state and gunmen seized 61 people on March 12 in Buda community.

Northern Nigeria has been hit by a renewed wave of mass kidnappings. The victims' families face having to pay hefty ransoms to get their loved ones back.

 

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