Terrorists reportedly attacked a school in Chibok, Nigeria, and abducted hundreds of schoolgirls on Monday night.
Parents of the students told a BBC affiliate that at least 200 girls had been taken from the school in Borno state to the east of the country, and that the attackers were thought to be from the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram.
The girls were reportedly ordered into lorries and driven away. Local media is reporting that two members of the school's security were killed and there were many other properties that were burned down during the attack, the BBC reports (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27037181#TWEET1101590). It's at least the second major attack (http://world.time.com/2014/02/25/29-children-killed-in-attack-on-nigerian-boarding-school/) on a school this year.
On Monday, bombings in Abuja, Nigeria that killed 70 people were also blamed on Boko Haram. The extremist group is opposed to Western education, and wants to turn Nigeria into an Islamic state. Over 1,500 deaths this year are blamed on the group.
[BBC (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27037181#TWEET1101590)]
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