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Gunmen storm a Nigerian school and kidnap students during exams, police say
Police say gunmen have attacked and kidnapped students taking secondary school exams in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state
ABUJA, Nigeria — Gunmen attacked and kidnapped students taking secondary school examinations in conflict-battered Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, police said Monday.
The attack happened Monday morning at the Lassa Day Secondary School in the Askira-Uba area of Borno. Police spokesman Nahum Daso told The Associated Press that hours after the attack 10 people were rescued.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but an insurgency in the region has killed thousands and displaced millions.
“For now, we don’t have the number of how many students were abducted. We have about 10 victims who have been rescued,” Daso said, without mentioning casualties.
More than 30 students remain missing after Nigeria school attack
The attacks targeted a secondary school in the northeastern town of Lassa, in Borno State.
At least 37 students remain missing after gunmen raided their school in northeast Nigeria, according to local officials.
The attack occurred on Monday when assailants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group stormed a secondary school in the town of Lassa, in Borno State, which has faced years of violence by armed groups.
The AFP news agency reported on Tuesday that at least 37 students remain missing following the attack, which occurred while they were sitting exams.
At least three people were killed in the attack, including a soldier and a teacher, according to the military, who initially said that authorities had rescued 10 of them and that only one remained missing.
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