Hundreds of students feared missing after unidentified gunmen attacked a secondary school in north-western Nigeria on Friday evening.
No student was injured in the attack, said authority.
Witnesses said that the attackers targeted the Government Science Secondary School - where more than 800 students are said to reside - in Katsina state on Friday evening.
On Saturday, the military said it had located the gunmen's hideout in a forest and exchanged gunfire with them.
The outcome was unclear but officials said there were no reports of students being injured. However, witnesses said they saw a number of students being taken away by the gunmen.
In a statement on Saturday, police said that during an exchange of fire, some of the gunmen were forced to retreat. Students were able to scale the fence of the school and run to safety, they said.About 200 students who had fled - and were initially deemed missing - later returned. One police officer was taken to hospital after being shot and wounded, police said. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/
