One of the 25 girls abducted at a Nigerian boarding school managed to escape and return home safely on Monday (November 17), the school's principal told the Associated Press on Tuesday (November 18).

The student arrived home later in the day on Monday, hours after being kidnapped at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in the Kebbi state, Principal Musa Rabi Magaji confirmed. Another student, who was not among the 25 reported to be abducted, managed to fend off the attack.

“One is part of the 25 abducted (and) the other one returned earlier,” Magaji said via the Associated Press . “They are safe and sound.”

Security forces continue to search for the other 25 girls reported to be abducted by groups of armed gunmen just before dawn on Monday during an incident t

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