Policeman Killed, Students Abducted in Attack on Nigerian School

Policeman Killed, Students Abducted in Attack on Nigerian School
Nigerian soldiers stand guard at the offices of the state-run Nigerian Television Authority in Maiduguri, Nigeria, in this file photo taken June 6, 2013. Jon Gambrell, File/AP Photo
Reuters
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BAUCHI, Nigeria—Gunmen killed a police officer and abducted five teachers and an unknown number of students on Thursday from a school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi, police and local residents said.

The attack was the latest in a series of group kidnappings at schools in northwest Nigeria, which have been attributed by the authorities to armed bandits seeking ransom payments.