Shooters attack hospital and kidnap nurses in Nigeria
Shooters have attacked a hospital in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna State, abducting two female nurses. Kidnappings for ransom by criminal gangs have become common in the country, but this is the first time a hospital has been targeted. One nurse escaped told the media that men had hurriedly entered the hospital in the village of Idon asking for medical staff.
The nurses rushed out, thinking it was an emergency only for the gunmen to fire in the air and seize them. This comes two days after students were abducted from a private university near Kaduna city. Hours later, at least 50 people were killed in a series of raids in villages neighbouring Zamfara. State. Castra Casino, chairman of the Kajuru local government area, who confirmed the fresh attack, said the gunmen attacked Idon General Hospital, located in the Kajuru area of the state, through the fence, shooting indiscriminately and in the process took away two nurses.
The incident is coming on the heels of a bandits' attack on Greenfield University along the Kaduna-Abuja highway in the Chikun area of the state, killing a staff member of the institution while some students were abducted. The northern part of Nigeria has witnessed a series of attacks by armed groups in recent months. Enditem
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