Gunmen attack secondary school staff quarters, kill 5-year-old

Police in Bauchi State said suspected gunmen set

ablaze some houses in the staff quarters of

Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Yana,

killing a five-year old girl on Sunday.

The police spokesperson in the state, DSP Haruna

Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

on Sunday in Bauchi that the gunmen also burnt a

telecommunication mast in the town.

He said they stole a private car belonging to the

principal of the school, assuring the public that other

students in the school were safe.

“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.