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Fears for dozens of students after armed men storm school in Nigeria
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 17 - 02 - 2021

Dozens of students were feared abducted after armed men raided a state-run school in Niger state, in Nigeria's Middle Belt region early Wednesday. One student was killed during the abduction, a resident said.
The gunmen, wearing military fatigues according to witnesses, stormed the Government Science Secondary School Kagara at around 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
The number of students and staff members kidnapped by the assailants from the boarding facility housing hundreds of schoolchildren is still unknown.
A spokesperson for the police in Niger did not return a request for comments on Wednesday morning.
According to Abubakar Mohammed, a Kagara resident, one student was killed by the gunmen.
"At about 2 a.m., they stormed the staff quarters of the school," said Mohammed who said he was at the school site Wednesday morning and saw a dead body being lifted out of the student's hostel by police.
"They forced the children of staffers to take them to the hostel. There they abducted the students along with some members of staff. They killed one of the students in the hostel. His body is now at the police station in Kagara. Police are now everywhere in the school," Mohammed said.
He added that residents of the community were on high alert after receiving a warning about the planned attack.
"At about yesterday evening, we heard information that bandits were coming to Kagara but we did not know where they will attack. Later at about 10 p.m., we heard that they were just on the outskirts of Kagara, there was panic," he said.
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the abduction of children.
"The president has directed the armed forces and police, to ensure the immediate and safe return of all the captives," presidential spokesman Garba Shehu said in a statement on Wednesday.
"The president has also dispatched to Minna, Niger State a team of security chiefs to coordinate the rescue operation and meet with state officials, community leaders, as well as parents and staff of the College."
This latest incident comes two months after more than 300 students were kidnapped in a similar invasion at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina, President Muhammadu Buhari's home state.
The Nigerian leader was on a week-long sabbatical in the state when the incident occurred.
The students in that invasion have since been released. — Courtesy CNN


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