枪手在尼日利亚西北部绑架了 300 名学生。 Gunmen kidnap 300 students in northwest Nigeria.

尼日利亚西北部地区有近300名学生在学校被绑架，被绑架者中至少有100名12岁或以下的儿童。 Nigeria's northwest has seen nearly 300 students abducted from their schools, with at least 100 children aged 12 or younger among the abductees. 这些绑架事件清楚地提醒人们，这个非洲人口最多的国家正面临安全危机。 The kidnappings are a stark reminder of the security crisis in Africa's most populous country. 在东北部发动叛乱的伊斯兰极端分子涉嫌在博尔诺实施了绑架事件。 Islamic extremists waging an insurgency in the northeast are suspected of carrying out the kidnapping in Borno. 当地人将学校绑架事件归咎于牧民与定居社区的冲突。 Locals blame the school abductions on herders in conflict with settled communities. 尼日利亚警察和士兵正在寻找失踪的儿童，但搜寻树木繁茂的地区可能需要数周时间。 Nigerian police and soldiers are searching for the missing children, but combing the wooded expanses could take weeks.