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(114,904 posts) Sun Sep 29, 2013, 11:06 AM Sep 2013

up to 50 students at Agricultural College in Nigeria, shot dead as they slept

The students were shot dead as they slept in their dormitory at the College of Agriculture in Yobe state.

North-eastern Nigeria is under a state of emergency amid an Islamist insurgency by the Boko Haram group.

Boko Haram is fighting to overthrow Nigeria's government to create an Islamic state, and has launched a number of attacks on schools.

Casualty figures from the latest attack vary, but a local politician told the BBC that around 50 students had been killed.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24322683

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