KANO, NIGERIA - Gunmen raided a college in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped 39 students, government officials and parents said Friday, in the latest mass abduction targeting a school. The abductors stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Mando, Kaduna state, around 9:30 p.m. (2030 GMT) Thursday, shooting indiscriminately before taking students. The Kaduna college was said to have some 300 male and female students, mostly aged 17 and older, at the time of the attack. People inspect the broken perimeter wall through which gunmen gained access the male and female hostels at the Federal College in Kaduna, Nigeria, March 12, 2021. Late night gunfireResidents near the Kaduna college also heard repeated gunshots in the area late Thursday.

Source: Ethiopian News March 12, 2021 21:22 UTC