Kidnappers release video showing hundreds abducted from Nigerian mosque

Mass kidnappings highlight Nigeria’s security crisis in the north as elections approach. Kidnappers have released a video of what appears to be a large group of people being held captive by armed men in a forested area in Nigeria.

The video emerged on Sunday, two days after gunmen abducted as many as 600 worshippers during Friday prayers at a mosque in Dekera village in Nigeria’s north-central Niger state. Armed men kidnap dozens in attacks on Nigerian villages Nigeria announces rescue of 308 kidnapped citizens Dozens of abducted schoolchildren and teachers rescued in Nigeria The incident comes as Nigeria prepares for presidential elections in January, with security likely to be high on the agenda due to a wave of mass kidnappings for ransom across the north of the country. Dekera village residents have reported that gunmen took people away in simultaneous raids on several communities.

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