Armed assailants attacked a high school in Kebbi State in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, abducting 25 schoolgirls and killing at least one member of staff, the Associated Press news agency reported, citing local authorities.

No group has claimed responsibility for seizing the girls from the boarding school in Kebbi State, and their motive remained unclear.

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The assailants were armed with “sophisticated weaponrs” and exchanged fire with guards before the kidnapping the girls, Mr. Kotarkoshi said.

Mr. Kotarkoshi reported one person was killed and another was injured, though a local resident, whose daughter and granddaughter were kidnapped in the raid, believes the death toll is two.

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