According to officials, gunmen kidnapped 25 girls and killed the vice principal of a school in Nigeria.
According to the Nigerian Police, “a gang of armed bandits with sophisticated weapons, shooting sporadically, stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School.”
According to authorities, the kidnappings took place on Monday, November 17 in Maga, a city in the Kebbi state of northeastern Nigeria.
“The police tactical units deployed in the school engaged them in a gun duel,” the police department reported. “Unfortunately, the suspected bandits had already scaled through the fence of the school and abducted 25 students from their hostel to [an] unknown destination.”
One employee was murdered, while another sustained hand injuries.
According to The New York Times, the vice principal, Malam Hassan Makaku, was shot and killed while attempting to block the door, according to a teacher.
Police claimed they, along with the military and a local volunteer group, launched a rescue operation in search of the girls.
“Upon receiving the unfortunate incident, a combined team of additional Police tactical units, military personnel and Vigilantes has been deployed in the area and they are currently combing the bandits’ routes and nearby forest, with a view to rescue the abducted students and possibly arrest the perpetrators of the dastardly act,” officials stated.
According to the Associated Press, no one has immediately claimed responsibility for the incident.
