By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent
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The attackers of Kankara Government Science Secondary School, katsina State, north-western Nigeria have been located.
The Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari confirmed that the attackers who left hundreds of students missing have been located at their hideout at Zango-Paula Forest in the area.
The president said the students abducted by the attackers who arrived on motorbikes and started shooting into the air, causing people to flee, will be freed.
According to a briefing he received from Governor Aminu Masari and the Army Chief of Staff, General Tukur Buratai, the military, supported by air power, has located the bandits’ enclave.
Buhari in a statement issued by SSA media to the president, Garba Shehu, said:
“There has been exchange of fire in an ongoing operation”
“I strongly condemn the cowardly bandits’ attack on innocent children at the Science School, Kankara. Our prayers are with the families of the students, the school authorities and the injured,”
However, Police said so far, no student casualty has been reported.
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