This photograph taken on February 26, 2021 shows school uniforms displayed inside the deserted school dormitory, where over 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped by bandits at Jangede, Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria. – More than 300 schoolgirls were abducted by gunmen in northwest Nigeria on February 26, 2021 in the country’s latest mass kidnapping, and a rescue bid was under way, regional police said. A suspected criminal gang attacked the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe, a village in Zamfara state, around 1 am, police and a local official said. It is Nigeria’s third school attack in less than three months — a series that has revived traumatic memories of the “Chibok girls” kidnapped by jihadists nearly seven years ago. (Photo by Habibu ILIYASU / AFP)
About four persons were on Saturday reportedly killed in the new attack while at least 26 others were abducted, PREMIUM TIMES reported.
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