10 students released after ransom paid

Gunmen in Nigeria on Sunday freed 10 students abducted in the northwest state of Kaduna after collecting a ransom, a school official told The Associated Press. Reverend John Hayab said the students were released on Sunday afternoon, nearly three months after they were seized by the gunmen in Kaduna. Their release comes about a week after 10 of their schoolmates were released. Hayab said 11 of the 121 students of Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna are still being held. He also expressed frustration at the refusal of the gunmen to release all the students at once. At least 1,400 schoolchildren in Nigeria were abducted last year, according to the United Nations children’s agency.