Gunmen have abducted 42 schoolchildren from a Nigerian village, a politician said on Saturday.
The girls and boys were taken on Friday during a large-scale assault on the village of Mussa in Borno State, said Mohammed Ali Ndume, senator for the Borno South constituency.
According to Ndume, 28 children were abducted from a primary school and 4 more from a secondary school. A further 10 children were dragged from their homes and taken away. The kidnappers arrived in the village on motorcycles.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
In north-east Nigeria, jihadist groups such as the Islamist militia Boko Haram and the Islamic State-affiliated offshoot IS West Africa (ISWAP) have been fighting the state for more than 15 years. Criminal gangs also operate in the region.
Abductions occur repeatedly, particularly of minors. The best-known case was the abduction of 276 pupils by Boko Haram in April 2014 in Chibok. Dozens of the abducted girls remain missing to this day.