🔗 Share this article Teacher Killed and 25 Girls Abducted in Armed Clash at Nigerian School Schools in Nigeria's northern region have often been targeted for armed groups Weapon-carrying attackers have killed a teacher and seized a minimum of 25 learners in an assault against a female high school in north-western Nigeria, according to police. The armed faction stormed the comprehensive secondary school for girls in the Maga locality within Kebbi State at around 4 AM local time on the start of the week, authorities reported. The assailants "engaged police personnel on duty in a shootout" before climbing over the boundary wall and seizing the students from their living quarters, authorities disclosed. A school employee was killed while trying to protect the students. A second sustained gunshot wounds and is now being treated medically. Observers recounted a considerable contingent of armed individuals, referred to locally as criminal elements, who came shooting randomly to cause panic. Local residents told reporters that the attackers afterwards forced a number of girls into adjacent wilderness. The law enforcement confirmed they had positioned "supplementary tactical squads, together with army members and vigilante groups" to the area. A coordinated search and rescue operation is presently taking place in adjacent wooded areas and potential getaway paths. In recent years, learning centers in northern Nigerian regions have regularly come under attack for weapon-carrying factions, who routinely perform seizures to demand financial compensation or leverage deals with the government. The attack in Kebbi State highlights the persistent security crisis troubling the locality, leaving families in Maga in a situation of anxious fatigue as they expect and desire their children's secure homecoming. Security crisis in the northern regions of Nigeria has worsened considerably in the last several months, with learning centers experiencing the greatest impact of the unrest. Key Points Gun-wielding individuals attacked a school for young women in north-western Nigeria One teacher was killed while protecting students No fewer than 25 girl pupils were abducted from their hostel Security forces have initiated a recovery mission in surrounding areas Educational institution assaults have escalated in regularity in Nigeria's northern regions