Three students abducted from Nigeria university found shot dead

Remains of the students found in village close to Greenfield University, according to Kaduna state security official.

Three students abducted from their university in northwestern Nigeria earlier this week have been found dead, according to a local official. The killings announced on Friday were an escalation in the mass kidnappings across northern Nigeria carried out by criminal gangs known locally as bandits. Gunmen attacked the private Greenfield University in Kaduna state on Tuesday, killing one staff member and taking an unknown number of students. It was the fifth known attack on a school or college since December 2020.