Gunmen attack school in northern Nigeria: police

A group of unidentified gunmen attacked a secondary school in Nigeria's northern state of Katsina, local police said on Saturday.

The attackers on motorcycles stormed a school which is located on the outskirts of Kankara town of the state late Friday, reported AFP citing a police spokesman.

Police have been deployed to secure the area.

Local media reported that scores of students might have been abducted. The police haven't confirmed it yet.

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