Determined to destroy education in the north, gunmen attack school in Bauchi The deliberate determination to scare children away ffrom education has continued in the North East as deadly gunmen attacked houses and staff quarters of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Yana, in Bauchi State. The deadly gunmen suspected terrorists killed a five year old girl in the process. Bauchi State Police Public Relattions Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed, said that the terrorists also burnt down a telecommunication mast to disable communication. He said: “Unknown gunmen attacked the staff quarters of GGSS Yana, Shira Local Government Area of the state, around 2.30 a.m. on Sunday.“They set the school bus ablaze; and in the process, a five-year-old girl was killed in the fire while they destroyed the vault of a bank,’’ he said. According to Mohammed, a combined team of security forces are on the trail of the attackers.NAN recalls that on April 17, the police said a team of security forces foiled an attack by some unknown gunmen on Misau town, Misau Local Government Area of the state.On April 15 also, the police confirmed that some gunmen snatched two vehicles, marked 206 UN and 139 UN in Soro, Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state, belonging to the United Nations.Mohammed said some suspected armed robbers had recently snatched a vehicle belonging to the Bauchi State Television Authority, marked 04C-04 BA
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 17:37:56 +0000
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