Policeman killed, more than 80 students abducted in attack on Nigerian school

Gunmen have abducted more than 80 students and five teachers from a school, while also killing a policeman in Nigeria.

Gunmen killed a police officer and kidnapped at least 80 students and five teachers from a school in the Nigerian state of Kebbi, police, residents and a teacher said. The attack is the third mass kidnapping in three weeks in northwest Nigeria, which have authorities have attributed to armed bandits seeking ransom payments. Usman Aliyu, a teacher at the school, said the gunmen took more than 80 students, most of them girls.