School children abducted by kidnappers in Nigeria

An empty classroom following an attack by gunmen at Government Science College, Kagara, Nigeria on February 18, 2021. AP Photo

On Friday, unknown number of girls have been abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, North-west Nigeria's Zamfara state. "More than 300 girls are unaccounted for after a head count of remaining students," said a teacher of the same school. The police have not yet confirmed the incident.

This is the second kidnapping that has occured within a littile over a week in Nigeria's north, followed by the killing of a student in an overnight attack on a boarding school by an unidentified gunmen. 

A parent has claimed a report that they had received a call about the incident. "I'm on my way to Jangebe. I received a call that the school was invaded by bandits who took away schoolgirls. I have two daughters in the school," said Sadi Kawaye.

The spokesman for the governer declined to say how many people were taken or to provide any further details on the incident.

Publish : 2021-02-26 14:40:00

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