Search for 300 abducted Nigerian school girls continues as boys freed

One of the school hostels where over 300 school girl were abducted (Photo: Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde)

Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the north-central state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for more than 300 schoolgirls abducted in a nearby state.

Schools have become targets for mass kidnappings for ransom in northern Nigeria by armed groups.