Islamic extremists slaughter dozens of students

Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an agricultural college in the dead of night, gunning down dozens of students as they slept in dormitories and torching classrooms in an ongoing Islamic uprising in north-east Nigeria, the school’s provost said.

Islamic extremists slaughter dozens of students

As many as 50 students may have been killed in the attack that began at about 1am in rural Gujba, said Provost Molima Idi Mato of the Yobe State College of Agriculture.

“They attacked our students while they were sleeping in their hostels, they opened fire at them,” he said.

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