Nigerian parents pray for the safe return of their children kidnapped on July 5, 2021. | Screenshot: Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Parents of the more than 140 students abducted from a Christian boarding school in Nigeria have been holding vigil outside the school, crying out to God and praying for the safe return of their children and staff.Â
Armed assailants invaded Bethel Baptist High School in the Kaduna state of northwestern Nigeria around 1:45 a.m. Monday, the day senior students were scheduled to take their final exams, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.Â
The mass kidnapping has led to the precautionary closure of 13 other schools in the area identified as âvulnerable," most of which belong to Christian organizations.Â