One of 25 schoolgirls abducted from a school dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped captivity and returned home.

The girls were abducted when gunmen attacked a high school in Kebbi state before dawn on Monday, taking the 25 girls and killing at a staff member at the school.

The student who escaped fled forests and arrived home late on Monday, hours after the kidnapping at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, principal Musa Rabi Magaji told The Associated Press.

One other student, who was not among the 25 confirmed abducted, also escaped in the minutes that followed the attack, the principal said.

Australian Associated Press

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