Key Facts

• Armed groups abducted students from a Catholic school in central Nigeria.
• This is the second kidnapping from a school in Nigeria within a week.
• The exact number of kidnapped students is still unclear, but local reports suggest 52 students are missing.
• Nigerian officials and security forces are actively trying to find and rescue the kidnapped students.
• The incident follows threats of military action by President Donald Trump over violence against Christians in Nigeria.
• The Nigerian government argues that Muslims are the primary victims of attacks by armed groups.
• In a separate event earlier in the week, 25 schoolgirls were kidnapped from a school in Kebbi State, with one later escaping.
• Security forces are on high alert and have been searching the forests to find the abducted students.