by Zara Mustapha

The police in Bauchi reports that some unknown gunmen invaded the staff quarters of  Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Yana, setting ablaze some houses which caused the death of a 5-year-old girl.

The gunmen were said to have burnt a telecommunication mast in town.

The incident was confirmed by police spokesman in the state,  Haruna Mohammed, while speaking to newsmen on Sunday.

PM News reports:

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 the state, around 2.30 a.m. 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.

According to Mohammed, a combined team of security forces are on the trail of the attackers.

NAN recalls that on April 17, the police said a team of security forces foiled an attack by some unknown gunmen on Misau town, Misau Local Government Area of the state.

On April 15 also, the police confirmed that some gunmen snatched two vehicles, marked 206 UN and 139 UN in Soro, Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state, belonging to the United Nations.

Mohammed said some suspected armed robbers had recently snatched a vehicle belonging to the Bauchi State Television Authority, marked 04C-04 BA