Gunmen abduct students from school in north-central Nigeria

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An armed gang abducted students from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday, police and state government officials said.

Armed groups carrying out kidnapping for ransom are blamed for a series of raids on schools and universities in northern Nigeria in recent months, abducting more than 700 students for ransom since December.

He said the attackers were"shooting indiscriminately and abducted a yet to be ascertained number of children at Salihu Tanko Islamic school"."I personally saw between 20 and 25 motorcycles with heavily armed people. They entered the school and went away with about 150 or more of the students," said Tegina, who lives around 150 metres from the school.

Tegina said there are around 300 pupils aged between 7 and 15. He said pupils live at home and only attend classes at the site.One person was shot dead during the attack and a second person was seriously injured, the state governor's spokeswoman said.

 

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