Nigerian military in firefight with gang who kidnapped students
President Muhammadu Buhari condemns the attack on a school after up to 400 children go missing in raid
13 December 2020 - 23:51
Maiduguri — The Nigerian military had located and exchanged fire with gunmen who kidnapped scores of secondary school students in northwestern Katsina state, according to a statement from the president on Saturday.
The gang, armed with AK-47s, stormed the Government Science secondary school in Kankara district at about 9.40pm on Friday, police and locals said. A parent and a school employee told Reuters that roughly half of the school's 800 students were missing...
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