In a startling incident at the London Oratory Roman Catholic church in South Kensington, England, Fr. Rupert McHardy was confronted with a funeral that seemed like any other until it was revealed to be an elaborate hoax.
Militants armed with AK-47s attacked a school in Kaduna state, Nigeria, kidnapping at least 287 students, marking the second large-scale abduction in Nigeria within a week and underscoring a deepening security crisis in the region.