Armed bandits raid Nigerian school, police hunt for hundreds of missing students
- 3 years ago
나이지리아서 무장괴한들 학교 습격…"학생 수백명 실종"
An armed gang attacked a secondary school in Nigeria's northeastern state of Katsina,... kidnapping hundreds of students.
It hasn't been confirmed how many students have gone missing since Friday's attack.
But so far, at least 4-hundred students,... out of a total of 8-hundred are unaccounted for.
"...we didn't sleep throughout the night, and were just hearing gunshots. Some of my relative's children were also taken. I have been in this school since dawn."
The military had located and exchanged fire with the attackers in a forest.
And additional forces are continuing with the search and rescue.
Katsina has seen frequent instances of violence and kidnapping, with Islamist militants commonly behind the assaults.
An armed gang attacked a secondary school in Nigeria's northeastern state of Katsina,... kidnapping hundreds of students.
It hasn't been confirmed how many students have gone missing since Friday's attack.
But so far, at least 4-hundred students,... out of a total of 8-hundred are unaccounted for.
"...we didn't sleep throughout the night, and were just hearing gunshots. Some of my relative's children were also taken. I have been in this school since dawn."
The military had located and exchanged fire with the attackers in a forest.
And additional forces are continuing with the search and rescue.
Katsina has seen frequent instances of violence and kidnapping, with Islamist militants commonly behind the assaults.