Students of the Federal College of Forestry and Mechanisation are seen been driven to a bus park by the military, in Kaduna, Nigeria, on March 13, 2021. Photo:Reuters
The World Daily | News Desk MARCH 16th 2021
A group of armed men stormed a school in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria and kidnapped three teachers, local authorities said. None of the students were hurt, although the first reports said that there were 2 missing.
Armed men stormed a school in the town of Rema, in the Birnin Gwari district. According to the Kaduna authorities, when the attackers rode their motorbikes to the school, the students immediately fled. The statement explained that after the attack "two students were missing" but that they were subsequently found.
This is the sixth attack or attempted attack on a school in less than three months in north-western and central Nigeria, where criminal groups, which the authorities call "gangs", are attacking villages, stealing cattle, and kidnapping for ransom.
The day before, Nigerian security forces foiled an attempt to kidnap hundreds of students from another school in Kaduna. On Thursday, in the same state, armed men attacked a school on the outskirts of Mando.
In recent days, the Nigerian military has managed to save 180 students, previously kidnapped by gangs. However, 39 people, including 23 women and 16 men, are still imprisoned and a military operation to rescue them is still ongoing.
