Gunmen disguised as soldiers have abducted four students from their dormitory at a Catholic seminary in northern Nigeria, police said, the latest incident targeting schools in the region. The attackers raided the Good Shepherd Catholic Major Seminary outside the city of Kaduna in the early hours of Thursday, the regional police force said in a statement. “The (police) command received a distress call…that some armed men in military camouflage gained entry into the Good Shepherd Major Seminary school and started shooting sporadically,” the statement released Thursday said. School head Joel Usman said the students were “confirmed missing” after teachers conducted a headcount with security personnel. All the hostages were later released but it was not clear whether the ransom demands of their kidnappers were met.

Source: The Guardian January 10, 2020 12:00 UTC