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Twenty-five girls were kidnapped from a high school in northwestern Nigeria, police said

Police, military and local volunteers have subsequently launched a rescue operation in search of the girls

According to The New York Times, the staff member killed was the vice principal and died trying to block the bandits from entering

Gunmen kidnapped 25 girls and killed the vice principal at a school in Nigeria, according to police.

The Nigeria Police Force said "a gang of armed bandits with sophisticated weapons, shooting sporadically, stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School."

The kidnappings occurred on Monday, Nov. 17 in Maga, a city in the Kebbi state in northwestern Nigeria, according to police.

"The police tactical units deployed in the school engaged

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