Dozens of pupils abducted by gunmen in Nigeria’s northwest
Al Jazeera
Gunmen escape with children from a school in Kuriga town in Kaduna state.
Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped dozens of pupils as they were about to start the school day, local residents and authorities say.
Police in Kaduna state did not immediately comment on the abductions, which happened at the Local Government Education Authority School in the town of Kuriga on Thursday.
The number of pupils taken was not immediately clear.
The assailants stormed the school shortly after morning assembly about 8am (07:00 GMT), taking the pupils hostage before any help could arrive, Joshua Madami, a youth leader in the area, told The Associated Press news agency.
“They were surrounded from all angles and left with almost 200 pupils and students,” Madami said.
