Three children were killed and a teacher injured when a man armed with a machete stormed a primary school in Kwaya Kusar, in the southwest of Borno state, two residents told AFP yesterday.
The attack happened at about 9:30 am.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.
A third victim, an eight-year-old girl, died on the way to hospital in neighbouring Gombe State, he added.The teacher managed to raise the alarm after she was struck in the hands and the attacker was overpowered.
Habibu Suleiman, who also lives nearby and like Ibrahim rushed to the scene when the alarm was raised, gave a similar account.
Both said police took the attacker into custody and then to hospital, where he was under armed guard.
“Schools in the town have all closed, both public and private,” said Suleiman.
Machete –wielding man hacks three pupils to death in Borno
