Nigeria tries to negotiate return of 136 kidnapped students
Officials have confirmed the number of children taken by gunmen from a school in northern Nigeria. The state government is in contact with the kidnappers.
Parents have called on the government to help secure the release of their children
Nigerian authorities are attempting to secure the return of 136 kidnapped students, they announced on Thursday.
It is the latest in a series of recent abductions for ransom in northern Nigeria.
How were the children kidnapped?
An armed group stormed the Salihu Tanko Islamic School on motorcycles, killing one person and abducting three teachers, along with the students, the school's owner, Umar Idris, told The Associated Press.