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| Nigeria unrest: 'Attackers abduct 200 schoolgirls' | 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 on to lorries. | |
| 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. | 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. | On Monday, bombings blamed on the group killed more than 70 people in Abuja. |
| Boko Haram has been waging an armed campaign for an Islamic state in northern Nigeria. | |
| The attack on the hostel in Chibok was confirmed by police, although they had no confirmation of the abductions. | |
| Residents in the area reported hearing gunshots followed by explosions last night, said BBC reporter Mohammed Kabir Mohammed in Abuja. | |
| 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. | |
| Nigerian media reported that two members of the security forces had been killed, and several properties burnt down in the attack on the school. | |
| Boko Haram emerged as a critic of Western-style education, and its militants frequently target schools and educational institutions. | |
| This year, the group's fighters have killed more than 1,500 civilians in three states in north-east Nigeria. | |
| The government recently said that Boko Haram's activities were confined to that part of the country. | |
| However, Monday's bombings in Abuja prompted renewed fears that the militants were extending their campaign to the capital. |