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Knife-man kills three children at Nigerian school

By AFP
December 01, 2017
KANO, Nigeria: Three children were killed and a teacher was injured when a man armed with a machete stormed a primary school in northeast Nigeria, two residents told AFP on Thursday.
The attack happened at about 9:30 am (0830 GMT) during breaktime at the Jafi Primary School in Kwaya Kusar, in the southwest of Borno state. Kasimu Ibrahim, who lives near the school, said the attacker -- described as being in his 30s and with a neat beard -- headed to the nursery section of the school. "He entered a class and began attacking pupils. He hacked two boys to death, aged about five and seven," he told AFP by
telephone.