Militant attacks burn school, kill one in northern Nigeria

Suspected militants from the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) groups attacked the village of Kautikari in Borno State's Chibok Local Government Area on Saturday evening, setting fire to a local secondary school and causing widespread panic. The assault resulted in at least one fatality and forced many residents to flee into nearby bushes for safety.

The attack occurred between approximately 6:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. on June 13. According to local officials, the militants targeted a block of five classrooms and a staff office at the Government Day Secondary School in Kautikari. A man was killed during the incident, officials confirmed. The Borno State Police Public Relations Officer stated that security forces repelled the attack, averting further losses, and that the area is now calm with intensive patrols ongoing. The Education Secretary for Chibok Local Government confirmed the damage to the junior secondary school section.

Local residents expressed shock at the destruction, noting that while the village had been attacked months earlier, that previous incident did not involve damage to public or private property. This latest attack marks a more destructive...