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MINNA, Nigeria — A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month have been released, the Christian Assn. of Nigeria said Monday, adding that more than 100 students remain in captivity.

At least 303 schoolchildren were seized at the Niger state school with 12 of their teachers when gunmen attacked the St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri community on Nov. 21. Fifty escaped in the hours that followed.

Daniel Atori, a spokesman for the association in Niger state, told the Associated Press that the church learned the children were released during the weekend and that they would be transported to Niger state’s capital of Minna to meet with offi

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