Gunmen kidnap 39 students in Nigeria in raid on college
by AFP in Kano from on (#5F94A)
Attack in north-west of country is latest in series of mass abductions targeting schools
Gunmen have raided a college in north-west Nigeria and kidnapped 39 students, in the latest mass abduction targeting a school.
The gang stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando, Kaduna state, at about 9.30pm (2030 GMT) on Thursday, shooting indiscriminately before taking students. The Kaduna college was said to have about 300 male and female students - mostly aged 17 and older - at the time of the attack.
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