Over 500 boys remain missing after gunmen raided a secondary school in northwestern Nigeria, sparking fears of another mass kidnapping in Africa's most populous country.
Hundreds of children fled into the woods after attackers on motorbikes stormed the boarding school Friday night in Katsina state, which has been plagued by bandits abducting people for ransom.
Nigerian security forces searched for them all weekend, officials said, as parents took to the streets in protest, urging the government to find and protect their boys.
A 17-year-old boy has narrated how he escaped from bandits who kidnapped over 500 students from his school, Government Science Secondary School Katsina
The boy who was interviewed by BBC Hausa revealed his ordeal
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