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| Nigerian gunmen 'kill Mubi students' | Nigerian gunmen 'kill Mubi students' |
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| At least 20 students have been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Mubi, north-eastern Nigeria, a police source has told the BBC. | At least 20 students have been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Mubi, north-eastern Nigeria, a police source has told the BBC. |
| The attack happened at a student hostel away from the Federal Polytechnic Mubi campus, the source said. | The attack happened at a student hostel away from the Federal Polytechnic Mubi campus, the source said. |
| A lecturer told the BBC that more than 40 students had been killed but there has been no official comment. | A lecturer told the BBC that more than 40 students had been killed but there has been no official comment. |
| The reported killing comes days after a major operation against the Boko Haram militant group in the town. | The reported killing comes days after a major operation against the Boko Haram militant group in the town. |
| The lecturer, who did not want his name to be used, told the BBC's Hausa service that the students were asked to say their names after lining up. | The lecturer, who did not want his name to be used, told the BBC's Hausa service that the students were asked to say their names after lining up. |
| He says it is not clear why some were killed and others spared - some of those killed were Muslims. | He says it is not clear why some were killed and others spared - some of those killed were Muslims. |
| "Everybody is scared and staying indoors now," he said. | "Everybody is scared and staying indoors now," he said. |
| He added that students were now leaving the town, many with tree branches over their cars- a traditional sign of neutrality in Nigeria. | |
| Mubi is in Adamawa state, which has a mixed Muslim and Christian population and borders Borno state, where Boko Haram came to prominence in 2009, staging an uprising in the state capital, Maiduguri. | |
| Boko Haram has not yet commented on the Mubi attacks. | |
| It is fighting to establish Islamic law in Nigeria and has killed more than 1,000 people in numerous attacks across northern and central areas this year. |