Gang who kidnapped hundreds of students in firefight with Nigerian military

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Gunmen who kidnapped scores of high school students in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina state have exchanged fire with military forces trying to rescue them, the country's president said Saturday.

northwestern Katsina state have exchanged fire with military forces trying to rescue them, the country's president said Saturday.

A parent and school employee told Reuters that roughly half of the school's 800 students were missing. Police said they would deploy additional forces to support the search and rescue. One officer was shot and wounded in the exchange of fire with the gang, they said.Katsina is plagued by violence the government attributes to bandits - a loose term for gangs of outlaws who attack locals and kidnap for ransom. Attacks by Islamist militants are common in northeastern parts of the country.

 

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