Police deploy to Borno forest after abduction of NECO students by suspected terrorists
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The Borno State Police Command has dispatched security operatives to the Lassa community in the Askira/Uba Local Government Area following the abduction of an unspecified number of students taking National Examinations Council examinations. Suspected terrorists attacked the school around 9 a.m. on Monday, shooting indiscriminately and abducting students and women selling food items. The spokesperson for the Borno State Police Command, Nahum Daso, confirmed that security forces confronted the attackers, preventing a larger abduction, and are currently searching the bush. Mr. Solomon Kwamagar, Special Adviser to Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri on Media and Strategy and a Lassa resident, also confirmed the incident, stating that attackers arrived on motorcycles, killed one teacher, and abducted students. The President of the Borno South Youth Alliance, Samaila Kaigama, reported that the attackers wore military and forest guard uniforms, killed one teacher, injured another, and kidnapped students and women. Residents claimed two teachers and one female student were killed. This incident follows a May 16 abduction of 42 students and pupils in the same local government area by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.
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