An armed gang abducted students from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday, police and state government officials said. He said the attackers were "shooting indiscriminately and abducted a yet to be ascertained number of children at Salihu Tanko Islamic school". They entered the school and went away with about 150 or more of the students," said Tegina, who lives around 150 metres from the school. Most students kidnapped in recent months have been taken from boarding schools. She said 11 of the children taken were released by the gunmen because they were "too small and couldn't walk".

Source: The North Africa Journal May 30, 2021 17:52 UTC