Nigeria: Authorities confirm 136 schoolchildren kidnapped – some as young as five |

Gunmen on motorcycles abducted 136 children from a school in Nigeria, authorities have confirmed.

The pupils, some as young as five, were taken from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School in northern Nigeria by the gunmen, who also killed one person and abducted three teachers, the school’s owner said.

After days of uncertainty over the number of children taken on Sunday, the Niger state government said on Thursday the total was 136.