Assailants Stab Primary School Pupil to Death in Kano, Injure Another

A female pupil of the Fagge Special Primary School, Kano, has been hacked to death by unidentified assailants and dumped in the school pit toilet. The remains of the pupil, who had yet to be identified, was discovered at about 1pm on Wednesday.

Sources at the school told PUNCH Metro that the assailants had scaled the school fence to commit the “atrocity”. The attackers abducted the victim and another pupil while school activities were in progress. The two pupils were hacked and dumped in a pit toilet in the school. The female pupil died, while the male pupil reportedly survived the attack.

When PUNCH visited the scene, it was observed that the pit toilet, where they were dumped, had 
been locked.

However, a night guard on the premises, Mallam Ibrahim Sariki, told PUNCH Metro that the incident was shocking to everybody. He said:

“About 1 pm, some hoodlums jumped over the school fence and abducted two pupils ─ a male and a female ─ who were dragged into the toilet and subsequently stabbed in the head. The female pupil died, but the male pupil survived the attack.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Musa Majiya, confirmed the incident. He said immediately the police were alerted to the incident by the school authorities, the police moved to the scene of the crime. He said,:

“On arrival, the police team met the victims in a pool of blood. The policemen rushed them to a hospital, where the female pupil was confirmed dead. The male pupil is receiving treatment.”

Majia said that investigation into the incident had commenced, adding that the motive behind the act had yet to be ascertained.