Armed men stormed a school in Nigeria’s conflict-hit Borno state on Friday and took away an unknown number of students, residents said, in the latest mass abduction to hit the country’s northeast.
Gunmen stormed Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Askira-Uba Local Government Area at around 9 a.m. (0800 GMT) while classes were in session and took several students, said Ubaidallah Hasaan, who lives near the school.
A teacher at the school told Reuters the 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 attack, which bore the hallmark of the terrorist Boko Haram militia.
