One student was killed in the attack, teacher Aliyu Isa and a pupil at the school told local TV news station Channels. Another teacher, who did not want to be named, also told Reuters that one student was killed. "It was only one that was killed," Isa told Channels. Niger state officials did not immediately confirm the death but said that 27 students, some members of staff and relatives had been abducted by the gunmen. The attack came two months after gunmen stormed a secondary school in northwestern Katsina state and kidnapped nearly 350 boys, who were subsequently rescued by security forces.

Source: bd News24 February 17, 2021 16:30 UTC