Kuriga Kidnapping | |
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Location | Kuriga, Kaduna State, Nigeria |
Date | 7 March 2024 Around 08:30 (07:30 GMT) |
Target | School students |
Attack type | Mass abduction |
Weapons | Firearms |
Deaths | None reported |
Injured | One student injured (currently receiving medical attention)[citation needed] |
Victims | More than 200 Nigerian school students (ages 8–15) and a teacher[citation needed] |
Perpetrators | Unknown gunmen on motorcycles |
No. of participants | Dozens of gunmen |
Motive | Unknown |
The incident occurred during a school assembly when gunmen stormed the school grounds.[citation needed] |
On 7 March 2024, more than 200 Nigerian school students were abducted from their educational institution in the north-western town of Kuriga , Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The event occurred while the pupils were gathered on the assembly ground around 08:30 (07:30 GMT). A group of dozens of gunmen riding motorcycles infiltrated the school premises.[1][2][3][4][5][6]