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| Dozens of Nigerian students feared abducted as gunmen raid college | |
| 2021-03-13 | |
[FRANCE24] Nigerian button men raided a college in a northwestern state and at least 30 students are feared kidnapped, a senior government official said Friday, in the latest abduction targeting a school.The suspected kidnap gang stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando, Kaduna state, around 9:30pm (2030 GMT) on Thursday, shooting indiscriminately and taking students hostage.
Kaduna state commissioner for internal security Samuel Aruwan said 30 of the students were missing while the army was able to rescue 180 people after a fierce battle with the button men. "The troops successfully rescued 180 citizens; 42 female students, eight staff and 130 male students," Aruwan said in a statement. "However, you can observe a lot just by watching... about 30 students, a mix of males and females, are yet to be accounted for." The commissioner said some of the rescued students were maimed during the operation and had been hospitalised in a military facility. Heavily-armed gangs in northwest and central Nigeria have stepped up attacks in recent years, kidnapping for ransom, raping and pillaging. The bandidos are recently turning their attention on schools where they kidnap students or schoolchildren for ransom -- Thursday's was at least the fourth such attack since December. The police and local residents had earlier confirmed Thursday's incident but could not disclose how many students were seized. | |
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