Africa

Nigerian Families Await News On 300 Kidnapped Schoolgirls

The kidnappers attacked a military checkpoint near the school, so soldiers weren't able to rescue the girls.

Nigerian Families Await News On 300 Kidnapped Schoolgirls
Ibrahim Mansur / AP
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More than 300 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria have been missing since Friday. 

Their families gathered at the school yesterday, waiting for answers.

The country's president says the top priority is to get the girls back to their parents safely.

The kidnappers attacked a military checkpoint near the school, so soldiers weren't able to rescue the girls.