The attack also left a female school teacher and an eight-year-old schoolgirl with injuries. A local man attacked a primary school in the Kwaya-Kusar Local Government Area of Borno State and hacked two pupils to death with a machete on Thursday, November 30, 2017.The man, identified as Gaji Adamu, entered Jafi Primary School, Kwaya Kusar town around 9:30am and carried out the attack that claimed the lives of the pupils, both boys aged about five and seven.The attack also left a school teacher, identified as Ms Salamatu, and an eight-year-old schoolgirl with injuries. According to a report by AFP, the teacher managed to raise the alarm after she was struck in the hands and the attacker was overpowered.The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Victor Isuku, confirmed the attack in Maiduguri later on Thursday and disclosed that the attacker was in custody under armed guard in a hospital after he was beaten by the mob that caught him. He also disclosed that the man is suspected to be mentally-unstable.
