LAGOS: Schools attacks in northern Nigeria have grown more frequent and deadly this year, forcing thousands to abandon their education, with most of the violence blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, Amnesty International said on Friday.

“This year alone, at least 70 teachers and scores of pupils have been slaughtered,” the London-based watchdog said in a new report.

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