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| Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria college attacked by gunmen | |
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| Gunshots and an explosion have been heard at a teacher training college in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. | Gunshots and an explosion have been heard at a teacher training college in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. |
| Students were seen fleeing from the city's Federal College of Education. | Students were seen fleeing from the city's Federal College of Education. |
| One student told the BBC by phone that he had seen 17 dead bodies at the scene. | One student told the BBC by phone that he had seen 17 dead bodies at the scene. |
| It is not clear who was responsible, although suspicion will fall on militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009. | It is not clear who was responsible, although suspicion will fall on militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009. |
| "Our men are already there. I've called them and they've said the crowd is too big. We are yet to establish the exact number who were injured or killed," a military spokesman in Kano told Reuters. | "Our men are already there. I've called them and they've said the crowd is too big. We are yet to establish the exact number who were injured or killed," a military spokesman in Kano told Reuters. |
| In July the city suffered a spate of five attacks in four days, one of which also targeted a college and killed six people. | In July the city suffered a spate of five attacks in four days, one of which also targeted a college and killed six people. |
| In May 2013, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency in the northern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, vowing to crush the insurgency. | In May 2013, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency in the northern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, vowing to crush the insurgency. |
| However the militants have stepped up attacks, killing more than 2,000 civilians this year, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch. | However the militants have stepped up attacks, killing more than 2,000 civilians this year, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch. |
| Boko Haram's name translates as "Western education is forbidden", and it has carried out several attacks on schools and colleges, seeing them as a symbol of Western culture. | Boko Haram's name translates as "Western education is forbidden", and it has carried out several attacks on schools and colleges, seeing them as a symbol of Western culture. |
| In April, it raided a boarding school in Chibok town in the northern state of Borno, and is holding more than 200 girls that its gunmen abducted during that attack. | In April, it raided a boarding school in Chibok town in the northern state of Borno, and is holding more than 200 girls that its gunmen abducted during that attack. |
| Who are Boko Haram? | Who are Boko Haram? |
| Who are Boko Haram? | Who are Boko Haram? |
| Profile: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau | Profile: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau |
| Why Nigeria has not defeated Boko Haram | Why Nigeria has not defeated Boko Haram |