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Nigerian Military Trade Fire With Gang Who Kidnapped Students

Reuters

   MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA, - The Nigerian military located and exchanged fire
   with gunmen who had kidnapped scores of secondary school students in
   northwestern Katsina state, according to a statement from the president
   Saturday.

   The gang, armed with AK-47s, stormed the Government Science secondary
   school in Kankara district about 9:40 p.m. Friday, police and locals
   said. A parent and school employee told Reuters that roughly half of
   the school's 800 students were missing.

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