Armedmen kidnap at least ten hospital employees in Nigeria

Armed residents operating for money have kidnapped or killed hundreds throughout northwestern Nigeria. Nigeria state officials have said Islamic militant group Boco

Haram had occupied many communities in the state, offering villagers money to include them in the fight against the government.

The hospital's source has told Reuters that more than 20 employees were kidnapped, including relatives of patients, while the security source said two people had been killed after armed men took over the general hospital in Lapai.

Nigeria's state governor, Sonny Bello, said that a number of people were killed during Tuesday's attack at Gulu General Hospital and an uncontested number of people were kidnapped, including medics. He did not specify how many people were killed, Reuters writes.