Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE KANO, 8 July 2013 (IRIN) - The Yobe State authorities in northeastern Nigeria have closed all schools following the 6 July Boko Haram (BH) attack on a secondary school in Mamudo which killed 41 students and a teacher. "The closure is to allow the state government in collaboration with the Joint Security Task Force and community leaders to evaluate and evolve better and additional strategies that would ensure the safety and security of students and their teachers," said a 7 July statement from the governor's spokesman, Abdullahi Bego. Schools in Yobe State were due to close for holidays in August. The 6 July raid was thought to be a reprisal attack...
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