Published 3 years ago

Policeman killed, 80 students abducted in Nigeria school attack

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Gunmen kill a police officer and kidnap at least 80 students and five teachers. Attack was the third mass kidnapping in three weeks in northwest Nigeria. Authorities have attributed the kidnappings to armed bandits seeking ransom payments. More than 800 students have been kidnapped from their schools since December in a series of raids.

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BBC News

School staff wey escape narrate how gunmen kidnap students from FGC Yauri - BBC News Pidgin

Reports from Nigeria northwest Kebbi State, say anoda kidnapping attack don happen for one boarding school inside di state.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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CTV News

Scores abducted in latest school kidnapping in north Nigeria

Gunmen abducted scores of children from a school in northwest Nigeria, the second kidnapping from a school in the country's north within a week, officials said.

3 years ago·Canada

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Reuters

Policeman killed, more than 80 students abducted in attack on Nigerian school

Gunmen killed a police officer and kidnapped at least 80 students and five teachers from a school in the Nigerian state of Kebbi, police, residents and a teacher said.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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abc News

Scores abducted in latest school kidnapping in north Nigeria

Gunmen abducted scores of children from a school in northwest Nigeria, the second kidnapping from a school in the country’s north within a week

3 years ago·United States

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Gunmen kidnap more than 80 students from Nigerian school

KADUNA (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped more than 80 students in a raid on a school in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kebbi, a teacher told Reuters. Read full story

3 years ago·Malaysia

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KRDO

Students and teachers abducted by armed men in Nigeria's Kebbi State, governor says

Several students and three teachers were abducted Thursday by armed men from a federal college in Nigeria’s north-western Kebbi State, State Governor Abubakar Bagudu told CNN.According to Governor Bagudu, the gunmen — locally known as bandits — raided a federal Government College in Kebbi’s Birnin Yauri district on Thursday, killing a policeman in the attack.Governor Bagudu also confirmed to CNN that one student sustained gunshot wounds, while a…

3 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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