At least 42 Nigerian school children were missing on Saturday a day after suspected Islamist militants attacked a school in the insurgency-hit northeastern Borno state, a senator for the area said. Residents said on Friday that armed men abducted an unknown number of students from Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Askira-Uba Local Government Area while classes were in session. Ali Ndume, senator for Borno South district, where the school is located, said in a statement that school authorities informed him that 32 students were abducted from the school while another 10 were seized from their homes close to the school. The post 42 pupils missing after Nigeria school attack appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.
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42 pupils missing after Nigeria school attack
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