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Police Say 84 Hostages Rescued From Gunmen in Northern Nigeria

Released students gather at the Government House with other students from the Government Science Secondary school, in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina State, Nigeria on Dec. 18.

Released students gather at the Government House with other students from the Government Science Secondary school, in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina State, Nigeria on Dec. 18.

Photographer: Kola Sulaimon/AFP/Getty Images

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Nigerian police said 84 people held hostage by gunmen were freed in the northern state of Katsina.