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KANO: Three abducted Nigerian students have been shot dead by their kidnappers, a local official said on Friday, three days after they were snatched by gunmen from their university in the northwest of the country.
The student killings were an escalation in the mass kidnappings that are plaguing northwest and central Nigeria, where criminal gangs who ransack villages have become an increasing security threat.
Gunmen attacked the private Greenfield University in Kaduna state on Tuesday, killing one staff member and taking an unknown number of students, in what was the fifth known attack on a school or college since December.
Nigeria s Buhari condemns killing of tens of villagers AFP 3 hrs ago AFP © - Zamfara state has seen the worst of bandit attacks including a mass abduction on a school earlier this year
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of tens of villagers in restive northwestern Zamfara state and ordered security forces to hunt down the perpetrators.
Local residents said as many as 60 people could have been killed in Wednesday s rampage in about a dozen villages in the state but only nine bodies had been recovered.
Police and government officials could not immediately confirm the death toll.
Heavily-armed criminal gangs known locally as bandits have become a growing security challenge in northwest Nigeria, ransacking villages and carrying out mass abductions for ransom.
Nigerian kidnappers kill 3 abducted students in escalating violence The student killings were an escalation in the mass kidnappings that are plaguing northwest and central Nigeria, where criminal gangs who ransack villages have become an increasing security threat. FILE: The Greenfield University in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Picture: gfu.edu.ng/
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KANO, Nigeria - Three abducted Nigerian students have been shot dead by their kidnappers, a local official said on Friday, three days after they were snatched by gunmen from their university in the northwest of the country.
The student killings were an escalation in the mass kidnappings that are plaguing northwest and central Nigeria, where criminal gangs who ransack villages have become an increasing security threat.
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