.
Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap 140 school students in northwest Kaduna State
- font size decrease font size
increase font size
ABUJA, 06 July 2021, (TON): A member of the school said that gunmen attacked a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria's Kaduna state. Some 140 students were kidnapped, presumably to exchange them for ransom.
"Attackers took 140 students with them, 25 managed to escape," details Emmanuel Paul, who teaches at the Bethel Secondary School boarding school.
Some 165 students were sleeping in the boarding school at the time of the attack.
This is the third major attack in Kaduna in the last three days.
At least eight employees of a Kaduna State hospital were kidnapped, according to police, although local sources say 15 people were abducted, including two nurses and their baby.
Samuel Aruwan said “seven people were also killed in a nearby locality, Commissioner For Internal Security and Home Affairs Kaduna State.”
Leave a comment
Make sure you enter all the required information, indicated by an asterisk (*). HTML code is not allowed.
