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September 29, 2013
Dozens of students shot dead in their beds as Islamist militants storm through college dorms in northern Nigeria
Boko Haram gunmen entered the dorm in the early hours of this morning and open fire and kill at least 40 as they slept
The group have links to al Qaeda and is fighting against the Nigerian government in a bid to create an Islamic state
It is the latest in a string of attacks on Nigerian schools from the group who oppose education as a symbol of western culture.
"...Gunmen stormed the College of Agriculture in Yobe state and shot students as they slept in the early hours of this morning, state police commissioner Sanusi Rufai said.
They also set fire to classrooms, a military spokesman in Yobe state, Lazarus Eli, told Agence France-Presse..."
By Francesca Infante
PUBLISHED: 09:58 EST, 29 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:02 EST, 29 September 2013
This item is available on the Militant Islam Monitor website, at http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/6047