At least 25 students from a government girls’ boarding school in northwestern Nigeria were kidnapped early Monday after a group of armed men attacked the campus, killing a school official and injuring another, authorities said.

The incident took place around 4 am local time at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga town. Police spokesperson Nafiu Abubakar Kotarkoshi told Reuters that the attackers, armed with rifles, stormed the school compound and exchanged fire with security personnel before scaling the perimeter fence and abducting the students.

“The assailants used coordinated tactics to enter the school and escape with the students,” Kotarkoshi said. He added that the school’s Vice Principal, Hassan Yakubu Makuku, was shot dead while trying to resist the attacke

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