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Gunmen kidnap dozens of students in Nigeria’s Borno State
No group claimed responsibility for the raid, which bore the hallmark of the Boko Haram group. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.
This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include BBC News, Al Jazeera.
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Gunmen kidnap dozens of students in Nigeria’s Borno State
Gunmen have kidnapped dozens of school pupils in Nigeria’s rebellion-ravaged northeastern state of Borno, residents told the Reuters and AFP news agencies. The suspected fighters stormed Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Askira-Uba Local Government Area at about 9 am (08:00 GMT) on Friday while classes.
Toddlers among more than 50 schoolchildren kidnapped in Nigeria
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 50 children from three schools in the same town in north-eastern Nigeria, teachers and parents have told the BBC. Most of those missing are aged between two and five years old. Eyewitnesses who saw the attacks on Friday morning in Mussa, Borno state, say the suspects used the children.