{"id":6137,"date":"2013-07-07T20:25:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T20:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/eu-condemns-latest-killings-by-boko-haram-gunmen\/"},"modified":"2013-07-07T20:25:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T20:25:37","slug":"eu-condemns-latest-killings-by-boko-haram-gunmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/eu-condemns-latest-killings-by-boko-haram-gunmen\/","title":{"rendered":"EU condemns latest killings by Boko Haram gunmen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The European Union on Sunday condemned the “horrific murder by terrorists” of dozens of people, mostly students, in an attack on a secondary school in Nigeria blamed on Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram.<\/p>\n

“I condemn in the strongest possible terms the horrific murder by terrorists of some 30 innocent children and a teacher early on Saturday morning in a school in Mamudo town in northeastern Nigeria,” said EU diplomatic chief Catherine Ashton in a statement.<\/p>\n

Ashton promised Nigerians her “solidarity and determination to help them bring security, peace and reconciliation to the north”, and called for those responsible to be brought to justice.<\/p>\n

Survivors of the dawn attack said gunmen rounded up students and staff at the school in Nigeria’s restive northeast and placed them in a dormitory before throwing explosives inside and opening fire.<\/p>\n

A hospital official in nearby Potiskum said 42 people were killed. A spokesman for Nigeria’s military, which often underplays casualty figures, said 20 students and one teacher were killed.<\/p>\n

Boko Haram, which means “Western education is a sin”, has killed hundreds of students in attacks on schools in the region in recent months.<\/p>\n

Nigeria launched a major offensive against Boko Haram on May 15, and has declared a state of emergency in three flashpoint states including Yobe, the scene of Saturday’s attack.<\/p>\n

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