An armed group has kidnapped almost 400 male college students from a boarding faculty in northern Nigeria, native media reported on Saturday.
The assault on the highschool happened within the morning within the city of Kankara within the northwestern province of Katsina alongside the Niger border.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the assault in his house nation, saying safety forces had found the armed group hiding within the forest and an operation had been launched. Katsina State Police spokesman Gambo Isah mentioned an officer was injured in the course of the operation and that extra safety forces could be deployed for search and rescue operations, in keeping with the Anadolu Company (AA).
State Governor Aminu Masari ordered the closure of all boarding colleges within the state after the assault. The usage of bikes has been banned in some states, because the perpetrators of sure latest assaults had that mode of transportation.
The area has typically witnessed violent clashes between the Fulani ethnic group, which breeds animals, and another tribes that stay on farms. Guards arrange by native communities to defend themselves have been accused of extrajudicial killings that contribute to the rising violence. Buhari has promised a brand new press to finish the killings following an elevated assault within the neighboring state of Katsina.
The unrest in northwestern Nigeria, which consultants say has been pushed by overpopulation and local weather change, has estimated that 8,000 folks have been killed since 2011 and compelled 200,000 to flee their houses.
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