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BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Islamiyya pupils, teacher in Katsina
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted eight pupils of an Islamiyya school at Sakkai village, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Also abducted was one of their school teachers, The PUNCH was told on Wednesday.
The identities of the victims of the late Tuesday attack could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.
Residents narrated that the gunmen arrived at the school on motorcycles when the pupils were about to close for the day.
The gunmen reportedly started shooting indiscriminately, the development which caused a commotion on the school premises and at nearby communities.
A resident said, “The gunmen forced the teacher and the pupils on their motorcycles before they zoomed off towards the forest and since then, nobody has heard anything about them.”
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