In one week in mid-November, militia groups in Nigeria snatched more than 300 students from a Catholic school, took 25 girls from their hostels and stormed an evening church service , killing three worshippers and kidnapping dozens of others.

The wave of attacks has increased scrutiny on the Nigerian government from US President Donald Trump, who has threatened military action over the purported persecution of Christians.

But his claim of a “mass slaughter of Christians” has been disputed by the Nigerian government and security experts.

Schools have been shut in two central Nigerian states, and President Bola Tinubu has declared a nationwide state of emergency and ordered the army and police to recruit 20,000 officers to confront violence across the country.

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