ABUJA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- An unknown number of students and some members of staff were abducted early Friday when suspected terrorists attacked a school in Nigeria's central state of Niger, local officials said.
The attack occurred at St. Mary's School, a private institution in the Agwara local government area, at about 2:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT), Abubakar Usman, secretary to the Niger state government, said in a statement.
"The exact number of abducted pupils is yet to be confirmed as security agencies continue to assess the situation," Usman said.
This attack is the second such attack this week in the most populous African country, following the kidnapping of at least 25 schoolgirls from a government-run secondary school in the northern state of Kebbi on Monday. ■