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On February 25, 2014, fifty-nine boys were killed at the Federal Government College of Buni Yadi in Yobe State, Nigeria. The twenty-four buildings of the school were also burned down as a result of the attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but according to media and local officials the Islamist militants Boko Haram are suspected to be behind the attack.〔 ==Background== The Federal Government College is a boarding school located in Buni Yadi, a town in Yobe State, Nigeria.〔 The co-educational, secondary school had twenty-four buildings at the time of the attack.〔 Islamic militants have been in conflict with the government in Northern Nigeria since 2009. Militant groups have increasingly focused on targeting civilians since May 2013 when President Goodluck Jonathan authorized the military to eliminate the resistance. The violence has brought increased instability to Nigeria, the top petroleum producer in Africa. In February 2014, militants were responsible for 300 deaths, mostly of civilians. In late February, the government shut the Nigeria–Cameroon border in an attempt to keep militants from launching attacks in Nigeria and then fleeing into Cameroon.〔 The militant group Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sinful", has targeted schools for violent attacks on a number of occasions.〔 The group has been officially labeled as a terrorist organization in Nigeria and the United States, and large rewards have been offered for information leading to the capture of the group's leadership. In total, more than 1,000 deaths have been attributed to Boko Haram since May 2013.〔 The group has burnt more than 200 schools, according to official figures.〔 Abubakar Shekau, suspected leader of Boko Haram, issued a video statement in mid-February 2014 promising to continue the group's campaign against western values and threatening to broaden the scope of attacks.〔 A week before the attack, Boko Haram members killed 60 people in the town of Bama in neighboring Borno State; four days before that attack, the militants killed 106 in a mostly Christian village, Izghe; and three weeks before that the Islamists killed 78 in two attacks in the region.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Federal Government College attack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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