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In Borno state Nigeria, heavily armed gunmen suspected to be members of the violent Islamist group Boko Haram, kidnapped a group of girls from a secondary school in northeast of the state. “ Many girls were abducted by the rampaging gunmen who stormed the school in a convoy of vehicles,” said Emmanuel Sam, an education official in the town of Chibok, where the attack took place last Monday. Boko Haram, a radical Islamist group whose name means “Western education is forbidden” has been a nightmare to Northerners since they emerged. It has repeatedly attacked schools in the northeast during an insurgency that has killed thousands since 2009. The gunmen came in trucks and on motorcycles and headed to the school, where they overpowered soldiers deployed to guard it, according to reports from a witness who requested anonymity. The soldiers had been deployed to provide extra security ahead of yearly exams, but the gunmen subdued them and took the girls away. It was estimated 200 girls abducted from the school. Residents of the area say the raid lasted from 9pm-3am. Police Commissioner in Borno state, Lawan Tanko confirmed the incident. In an attack earlier this year in Borno state, witnesses said Boko Haram gunmen surrounded a girls’ school, forced the students to leave and ordered them to immediately return to their villages.
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