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Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an agricultural college in the dead of night, gunning down dozens of students as they slept in dormitories and torching classrooms. The attack, blamed on the Boko Haramextremist group, came despite a 4 ½-month-old state of emergency covering three states and one-sixth of the country. 50 students may have been killed in the assault that began at about 1 a.m. Sunday in rural Gujba. Soldiers recovered 42 bodies and transported 18 wounded students to Damaturu Specialist Hospital. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has said in video addresses that his group wants to end democracy in Nigeria and allow education only in Islamic schools. Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden." Boko Haram militants have killed more than 1,700 people since 2010.