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Nigerian military in firefight with gang which kidnapped students
Nigeria’s military has located and exchanged fire with gunmen who kidnapped scores of secondary school students in north-western Katsina state, the nation’s President says.
Key points:
- Roughly half of the school’s 800 students are missing, according to an employee
- Nigeria’s President says the military has found the kidnappers in a forest
- Relatives have been waiting for updates on the whereabouts of the children
The gang, armed with AK-47s, stormed the Government Science secondary school in Kankara district at about 9:40pm on Friday, police and locals said.
A parent and school employee said roughly half of the school’s 800 students were missing.
But police and the military are still working to determine exactly how many students have been…
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