Another set of gunmen Sunday attacked the staff quarters of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Yana, killing a five-year old girl on Sunday. The gunmen Per Second News gathered also set
some of the houses ablaze.
The state police spokesperson, DSP Haruna Mohammed, confirming the incident said that the gunmen also burnt a telecommunication mast in the town.
He said they stole a private car belonging to the principal of the school, assuring the public that other students in the school were safe.
“Unknown gunmen attacked the staff quarters of GGSS Yana, Shira Local Government Area of Bauchi State, around 2.30am on Sunday.
“They set the school bus ablaze; and in the process, a five-year-old girl was killed in the fire while they destroyed the vault of a bank,’’ he said.
This is coming days after gunmen similarly attacked and abducted over 120 school girls in Borno State, and a bomb blast at a motor park in Abuja.
According to Mohammed, a combined team of security forces are on the trail of the attackers.