Over 80 students abducted in attack on Nigerian school
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- 19 June, 2021
- 05:34
Shooters killed a police officer and kidnapped at least 80 students and five teachers from a school in the Nigerian state of Kebbi, and then one student from a group of dozens abducted has been found dead, Report mentions, referring to Reuters.
Usman Aliyu, a teacher at the school, said the gunmen took more than 80 students, most of them girls.
Kebbi State police spokesman Nafiu Abubakar noted the gunmen killed one officer during an exchange and also shot a student who was receiving medical treatment.
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