Hassan Abdul-Bashir was in bed in his dorm in Kankara, Nigeria when the gunshots started on Friday night. The 13-year-old was ordered outside, where gunmen were ushering everyone towards the school’s gates. That’s when he decided to run. He took cover under a faulty school bus, then ran to the school’s fence and hid there.

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