A group of armed men attacked a school in the Nigerian state of Katsina in the north of the country and abducted about 400 students. It is reported on Sunday, December 13 by the local edition of Vanguard.
In total, the school, which was attacked on December 11, has more than 800 students, about 400 of whom managed to escape. The Badamasai Charanchi State Education Commissioner noted that children continue to return. All night after the incident, according to his information, they hid in the forest.
Before the attack on the school, the armed people first organized indiscriminate shooting in the streets, and only then moved to the outskirts of the village, where the educational institution is located.
According to police spokesman Gambo Isa, law enforcement officials and the army are working closely with school officials to determine the exact number of missing and kidnapped students. In addition, search teams are working hard to find and rescue all the children.
After the attack, authorities temporarily closed all schools in the state.
President Muhammad Bukhari condemned the attack and ordered police and army to find the attackers.
In September, at least 15 members of the escort of the governor of the Nigerian state of Borno Babagany Umar Zulum were killed in an ambush by Islamist militants.
In August, an armed group in northeastern Nigeria took hundreds of civilians hostage.