More than 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria are returning home after weeks in captivity

More than 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria are returning home after weeks in captivity

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The children were seized by motorcycle-riding gunmen at their school in the remote Kaduna state town of Kuriga on March 7, triggering a wide-ranging rescue operation. They were rescued Sunday by the military in a forest about 200 kilometers (more than 120 miles) to the north in neighboring Zamfara state, though authorities have provided no details of the rescue or said whether any suspected kidnappers were arrested.

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