(Reuters) - Gunmen from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram stormed a boarding school overnight, killing 29 pupils, many of whom died in flames as the school was burned to the ground, police and the military said on Tuesday.
"Some of the students bodies were burned to ashes," said police commissioner Sanusi Rufai.
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Last night, Boko Haram militants stormed a boarding school in Damaturu, Yobe State, killing 29 students.
According to the international news agency Reuters, the militants burnt the school to the ground, and many victims died in flames.
The police and military have confirmed the incident.
"Some of the students bodies were burned to ashes," said police commissioner Sanusi Rufai.
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has sealed its northern border with Cameroon in an effort to shut out terrorists using its neighbour as a launchpad for attacks.
The closure extends from Borno State, by Lake Chad, to the southern end of Adamawa State, around halfway along Nigeria’s 1,500-mile border with Cameroon.
A statement issued by the Commandant 23 Armoured Brigade, Brigadier-General Rogers Ibe Nicholas said that the closure is meant to effectively curtail the activities of the insurgents.
Borno and Adamawa states are covered by a State of Emergency that President Goodluck Jonathan declared last May as part of an offensive meant to crush the Boko Haram sect.
“To effectively curtail the activities of the insurgents, the Cameroon border in the northeast has been closed indefinitely,” Brigadier-General Rogers Ibe Nicholas said in a statement.
The Islamists, whose struggle for an Islamic state in northern Nigeria has killed thousands and made them the biggest threat to security in Africa’s top oil producer, are currently based in the hilly Gwoza area next to Cameroon.
Nigerian security officials say they often launch deadly attacks then flee over the border to avoid being pursued.
They killed more than 200 people in two attacks last week on villages, prompting renewed criticisms that military action has failed to neutralize them.
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