{"id":8778,"date":"2021-07-05T11:49:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T11:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=8778"},"modified":"2021-07-05T11:49:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T11:49:13","slug":"another-tragedy-gunmen-abduct-students-of-bethel-baptist-school-in-kaduna-parents-guidance-storm-school-premises-for-their-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=8778","title":{"rendered":"Another Tragedy: Gunmen abduct students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna &#8230; Parents, Guidance storm School Premises For Their Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Another Tragedy: Gunmen abduct students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8230; Parents, Guidance storm School Premises For Their Children<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, North &#8211; West, Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Radio Nigeria reports that in the early hours of today, armed bandits abducted unknown number of students of Bethel Baptist School Maraban Rido, Chikun local government area of Kaduna State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a report filed by Adamu Yusuf,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">a resident, who did not want his name mentioned, confirmed the incident said the bandits invaded the school at about 2 am shooting sporadically into the air before kidnapping the students.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cMany students were kidnapped but four escaped and ran back to the school\u201d. He said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cTwo soldiers were allegedly shot but I cannot confirm if they\u2019re alive or not\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIt is difficult to say the number of students that were abducted,\u201d the source said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meanwhile parents, guardians of kidnapped students had stormed the school premises in search of their loved ones.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8779\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_20210705_104800_814-scaled-1-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_20210705_104800_814-scaled-1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_20210705_104800_814-scaled-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_20210705_104800_814-scaled-1-1-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_20210705_104800_814-scaled-1-1.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Daily updates correspondent\u00a0reports that most of the parents expressed anxiety, anger and despair while enquiring about the whereabouts of their wards .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Some of the parents, especially the women were openlg weeping as they call out the names of the sons or daughters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Security was heavily visible as a combined team of the Nigeria Army and Police were stationed at the school premises .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Honourable Samuel Aruwan was sighted at the premises, commiserating with affected parents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Residents of the areas surrounding the school said that they could not sleep last night as the bandits came shooting into the air for over 4 hours while carting away the students .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A source who didn\u2019t want her name mentioned, said that it was like a scene out of a horror movie. It added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Earlier, in another development, Katsit community in Zango Kataf local government area of Kaduna State on Sunday night came under heavy attack.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was gathered that the bandits stormed the community on motorbikes at around 7pm opened fire on everything on sight.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">An eye-witness, who narrowly escaped the attack, said the gunmen came through the popular pig market and started shooting sporadically.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the source, who craved anonymity, he said as at time of filing the report that the number of casualties were yet to be ascertained.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">LEADERSHIP reports that Katsit in Zangon Kataf LGA shares a border with Kafanchan town, the headquarters of Jema\u2019a local government area.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to correspondent who visited Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa Memorial Hospital and Salem Hospital, three persons were receiving treatment for wounds sustained during the attack.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Tragedy: Gunmen abduct students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna &#8230; Parents, Guidance storm School Premises For Their Children Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, North &#8211; West, Nigeria Radio Nigeria reports that in the early hours of today, armed bandits abducted unknown number of students of Bethel Baptist School Maraban Rido, Chikun local government area of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Another Tragedy: Gunmen abduct students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna ... 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