{"id":31261,"date":"2014-09-17T18:01:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T17:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31261"},"modified":"2014-09-17T18:01:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T17:01:45","slug":"students-killed-boko-haram-attacks-federal-college-education-kano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/students-killed-boko-haram-attacks-federal-college-education-kano\/","title":{"rendered":"Students \u00a0Killed as Boko Haram attacks Federal College of Education, Kano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410973222092_1772\" class=\"base-card-body\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410973222092_1429\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yiv8046052595\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Several \u00a0students are\u00a0feared\u00a0dead sequel to \u00a0series of explosions that \u00a0rocked a Federal\u00a0College of Education in Kano few hours ago.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0 The spokesperson for the military Joint Task Force, Ikechukwu Eze, confirmed the attack. Mr. Eze said government troops have arrived at the school, but did not give further details.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0 Pointblanknews.com correspondent in Kano reports that \u00a0several explosions occurred at the school, followed by sporadic gunshots.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0It was learnt that armed men suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents, invaded the institution after killing a security personnel at the gate.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0The attackers later threw improvised explosives at students and shot those who tried to escape, a witness said.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Details coming<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several \u00a0students are\u00a0feared\u00a0dead sequel to \u00a0series of explosions that \u00a0rocked a Federal\u00a0College of Education in Kano few hours ago. \u00a0 \u00a0 The spokesperson for the military Joint Task Force, Ikechukwu&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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