Gunmen kidnap dozens of students in Nigeria’s Borno State
Key takeaways
- No group claimed responsibility for the raid which bore the hallmark of the Boko Haram group.
- A teacher at the school told Reuters that armed attackers had arrived on motorcycles. “Despite some students escaping to the bushes, I can tell you many were taken away,” the teacher said.
- No group claimed responsibility for the raid, which bore the hallmark of the Boko Haram group.
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No group claimed responsibility for the raid which bore the hallmark of the Boko Haram group.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Nigeria has seen increase in attacks and kidnappings in rural areas outside government control [File: Ahmed Kingimi/Reuters]By AFP and Reuters Published On 16 May 202616 May 2026Gunmen 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 were in session and took several students with them, Ubaidallah Hasaan, who lives near the school, told Reuters.