Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly attacked a school in Borno State, abducting an unspecified number of pupils during a raid that threw the community into panic.
According to preliminary reports, the armed men stormed the school premises on Friday, firing sporadically into the air before whisking away students to an unknown destination.
The exact number of abducted pupils has not yet been confirmed as authorities continue to assess the situation.
According to Daily Trust, a resident of the area, who asked not to be named for security reasons, said the attackers arrived in large numbers and overwhelmed the school’s surroundings before security operatives could respond.
“We just heard gunshots and people started running. Before we knew it, they had taken some of the children away,” the source said.
Security forces, including troops and local vigilante groups, were said to have been deployed to the area shortly after the incident to track the assailants and possibly rescue the abducted pupils.
