By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Ben Ezeamalu

LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria is under renewed global scrutiny after gunmen abducted more than 300 students from a Catholic school in the northwest, the second major attack this week following a deadly assault on a church service.

The incidents have piled more pressure on the Nigerian government following U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of military action over the alleged persecution of Christians in the West African nation.

Here are key points about the attacks and Nigeria’s security situation.

WHO IS BEHIND THE LATEST ATTACKS?

If confirmed, Friday’s attack on St Mary’s School in Niger state – roughly the size of Serbia – would be Nigeria’s worst school abduction since the kidnapping of 276 Chibok girls by Boko Haram in the northeast in 2014.

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