More than 300 young men have been freed from a second Nigerian Islamic boarding school where they were chained up and raped, following a similar raid last month. Police descended on the school in Daura in the northern Katsina state after some of the men managed to escape on Sunday and poured into the streets in protest.The men were shackled and tortured at the school where they had been enrolled by their families to learn the Koran. Many had also been sent there to be treated for drug addiction.The news comes after nearly 500 men and young boys were freed from an Islamic boarding school in Kaduna, around 280 miles south of Daura, where students had been chained, hung from the ceiling and beaten, authorities said. Men and boys are pictured after being rescued by police in Sabon Garin, in Daura local government area of Katsina state on Monday People with chained legs are pictured after being rescued by police in Sabon Garin, in Daura local government area of Katsina state, Nigeria October 14'We learnt that the inmates here are over 300 and because of the inhuman treatments they are being subjected to they revolted yesterday (Sunday),' Katsina police chief Sanusi Buba said. 'Some of the inmates escaped while...about 60 of them stayed back,' he said, with most of them found in chains.Buba said the school was established by 78-year-old Muslim cleric, Bello Mai Almajirai, 40 years ago. He later transferred management of the school to his son. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Police divers find evidence in a Utah river related to the... Ex Chelsea star George Weah tweets his thanks as he is... Share this article Share He said the school enrolled students brought by their families to learn the Koran and be treated for drug addiction and other ailments.Daura which lies 45 miles from the state capital and near the border with Niger, is the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari.The students are from 'various parts of Nigeria', including Katsina state and neighbouring Niger Republic, said the police chief. People are pictured after being rescued by police in Sabon Garin yesterday Young men stand within the Islamic boarding after being rescued by police on MondayAccording to Buba, the abused inmates were 'subjected to inhuman conditions,' with some of the students revealing that they were sodomised by their teachers.Police will liaise with the state government to establish the identities of the young men and contact their families to return them home, he said.Buba promised to arrest the proprietor and his teachers who managed to escape during the raid but will 'face the full wrath of the law'. On September 26, in nearby Kaduna state, police discovered nearly 500 men and young boys standing in rows wearing ankle shackles, while others had their hands chained. Other photos show the torture victims with horrific scars on their backs. One victim even claimed that previous students had died from being tortured. Parents have since been reunit
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