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Nigeria ‘bandits’ release 21 kidnapped students

By AFP
January 03, 2022

Kano, Nigeria: Police in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state have freed 21 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen on Friday, a spokesman said. "The police operatives succeeded in rescuing 21 kidnapped children" after a gun battle with the criminals, Zamfara police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said in a statement issued late on Saturday.