Nov. 21 (UPI) -- An unknown number of Catholic school students in Nigeria were kidnapped on Friday by a group of armed men in central Nigeria.
It's the second mass abduction of school students this week in the West African coastal nation.
According to police, the pupils were taken when armed "bandits" stormed the St. Mary's School in Papiri and forced students out of their hostel sleeping space.
Boarding schools already were closed by state authorities in a large part of the country due to concern over rising security threats following a renewed string of attacks by militant groups.
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