Around 400 students missing after gunmen attack Nigerian school – By Philip Whiteside (SKY News) / Dec 13 2020
A large gang of bandits opened fire on Friday night at a secondary school in Kankara in Nigeria’s northwest.
Around 400 students are missing after gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria with AK-47 assault rifles.
The attack on the Government Science Secondary School happened at about 9.40pm on Friday in Kankara, in the country’s northwestern Katsina state, police have confirmed.
It involved a large group of bandits who opened fire with AK-47 rifles, Katsina State police spokesman Gambo Isah said.
Police fired back and a gunfight took place “which gave (some of) the students the opportunity to scale the fence of the school and run for safety”, Mr Isah said.
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