US EditionGunmen kidnap dozens in Nigerian university: Sources
- Gunmen raided a university in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, kidnapping over 30 individuals, including 24 female students, in a predawn attack.
- This is not the first time criminal gangs known as bandits have targeted schools in Zamfara state. In a similar incident in February 2021, more than 300 students were kidnapped from a boarding school.
- Despite the ongoing issues of insurgency, kidnappings for ransom, and violence in different parts of Nigeria, security forces were able to rescue six students from the recent abduction.
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Armed men abducted more than 30 people, including 24 female students, on Friday during an attack on Gusau Federal University in Zamfara State in the northwest RIA Novosti, September 23, 2023
24 Female Students Among Dozens Kidnapped By Gunmen At Nigerian University
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents said Saturday. Dozens of gunmen from criminal gangs called bandits barged into Sabon Gida village on the edge of a Federal University outside the state capital Gusau in a predawn attack on Friday breaking into three female hostels and taking away the occupants, residents told AFP. …
Gunmen kidnap dozens in Nigerian university: Sources
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents said Saturday. In February 2021, bandits raided a girl's boarding school in the town of Jangebe in Zamfara state, kidnapping more than 300 students.
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