Northern Nigeria Students Kidnapped After State Restrictions
- Gunmen abducted 73 children from a school in Zamfara state
- State governors say restrictions are needed to curb insecurity
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More than 70 students in northern Nigeria were abducted from their school after four states in the region imposed restrictions on movement and commerce to curb such attacks.
Gunmen kidnapped 73 children in Zamfara state in the middle of the day on Wednesday, a police spokesman said in a statement. Organized criminal groups have seized hundreds of students in a spate of similar school invasions that have occurred across northern Nigeria since late last year.