Nigeria, Nov. 30 -- Parents of the students abducted from St. Mary Catholic Schools, Papiri, in Agwarra Local Government Area of Niger State, on Saturday staged a peaceful protest, accusing the state government of neglect and slow response, eight days after the incident.

More than 200 parents gathered at the school premises, where they registered their names and those of their missing children as part of a documentation exercise initiated by the government.

Some parents travelled for several hours-many on motorcycles-to participate.

Gunmen had on 21 November attacked St. Mary's Catholic School, abducting over 300 pupils and 12 teachers.

The attack occurred just days after the kidnapping of 26 schoolgirls in another part of the state....