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Gunmen abduct 25 girls from a high school in northwestern Nigeria
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Gunmen abduct 25 girls from a high school in northwestern Nigeria

  • By OPE ADETAYO and DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press

Police in Nigeria say gunmen have abducted 25 girls from a high school in the country's northwestern Kebbi state. At least one member of staff at the school was killed in the attack. No group has claimed responsibility. A police spokesperson says the raid happened at 4 a.m. on Monday and that the girls were taken from their dorms. The boarding school is in Maga, in the state's Danko-Wasagu area. This is the latest in a series of abductions from schools in northern Nigeria, where armed groups have been targeting schoolchildren since 2014.

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