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Nigeria university kidnappers shoot dead 3 captive students, says state official

Published 23/04/2021, 16:51
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YENAGOA, Nigeria, April 23 (Reuters) - Gunmen have shot dead
three students they abducted from a northern Nigerian
university, a state security official said on Friday, though the
kidnappers still hold an unknown number of captives.
On Tuesday, armed men stormed Greenfield University in
Kaduna state, killing one person and abducting a number of
students, the latest in a series of kidnappings at educational
institutes.
"In an act of mindless evil and sheer wickedness, the armed
bandits who kidnapped students of Greenfield University have
shot dead three of the abducted students," said Samuel Aruwan,
Kaduna's commissioner for its state ministry of internal
security and home affairs.
The remains of the students were found earlier on Friday,
Aruwan said.
A university spokesman confirmed the killings but said they
were yet to issue a statement.
Armed groups have repeatedly struck northern Nigerian
schools and universities since December, abducting more than 700
students for ransom.
The government and security forces have largely been unable
to stop the attacks as they struggle to contain worsening
violence and criminality across the West African country.

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