Suspected militants abduct students in Nigeria's Borno state, residents say
Authorities said 42 pupils were taken and troops are searching for the abductors after the attack on the school.
- On Friday, suspected Boko Haram or ISWAP terrorists abducted an unspecified number of students from Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Borno State. Attackers arrived on motorcycles around 9 a.m. while classes were in session.
- Mussa village shares a border with the Sambisa Forest, a long-standing enclave for Islamist insurgents. The assault occurred barely 10 or 15 minutes after military troops departed the area.
- "Despite some students escaping to the bushes, I can tell you many were taken away," a teacher said. Borno State House of Assembly Deputy Speaker Abdullahi Askira confirmed the invasion occurred Friday.
- Security forces and local vigilante groups deployed to the area shortly after the incident to track the assailants. Local lawmaker Midala Usman Balami called the attack "heartbreaking" and urged authorities to act swiftly.
- Mass kidnappings have become a major security challenge in Nigeria in recent years, though this is the first such school abduction in Borno since 2014, when Boko Haram kidnapped more than 270 girls in Chibok.
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