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Gunmen Abduct 25 Girls From Kebbi Boarding School, Kill Staffer

The attack fits a yearslong pattern of school kidnappings in northern Nigeria used by armed groups to extract ransoms.

Overview

  • The raid at the Female Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko-Wasagu, occurred around 4 a.m., with students taken from their dormitories.
  • Attackers wielded what police described as sophisticated weapons and exchanged gunfire with school guards and deployed tactical units.
  • One staff member, identified locally as teacher Malam Hassan Makuku, was killed, and another teacher, Ali Shehu, was wounded.
  • Combined teams of police, military personnel and local vigilantes are combing likely escape routes and surrounding forests in a coordinated search-and-rescue effort.
  • No group has claimed responsibility, and officials note the incident reflects a wider trend that has seen at least 1,500 students abducted since the 2014 Chibok kidnapping.