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'Mass abduction' at Nigeria school Nigeria unrest: 'Attackers abduct 200 schoolgirls'
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Scores of girls have been abducted in an attack on a school in north-east Nigeria, parents say.Scores of girls have been abducted in an attack on a school in north-east Nigeria, parents say.
Gunmen reportedly arrived at the school in Chibok, Borno state, late last night, and ordered the hostel's teenage residents onto lorries. Gunmen reportedly arrived at the school in Chibok, Borno state, late last night, and ordered the hostel's teenage residents on to four lorries.
Sources told the BBC's Hausa service that at least 200 girls had been abducted. Parents told the BBC's Hausa service that at least 200 girls had been abducted. The attackers are thought to be from the Islamist group, Boko Haram.
On Monday, bombings blamed on the group killed more than 70 people in Abuja.
Speaking after the latest attack, a student, who did not wish to be named, told the BBC that she had escaped after seeing her classmates jumping out of the back of a lorry.