Students have been abducted from a Catholic school in central Nigeria by armed gangs, according to authorities, in the second such incident in less than a week.

“The Niger State government has received with deep sadness the disturbing news of the kidnapping of pupils from St. Mary’s School in Agwara local government area,” Abubakar Usman, the state government secretary, said in a statement on Friday.

“The exact number of abducted pupils is yet to be confirmed as security agencies continue to assess the situation.”

Local TV station Arise News reported that 52 students were abducted in the incident.

The school kidnappings and an attack on a church earlier this week come weeks after United States President Donald Trump threatened military action over what he described as targeted killin

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