Boko Haram claims responsibility for abducting students in northern Nigeria
More than 330 students remain missing after gunmen with assault rifles attacked their school, although scores of others managed to escape.
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People gather inside the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Nigeria, on Saturday after hundreds of students there were abducted by gunmen. [ ABDULLATIF YUSUF | AP ]
Updated Dec. 15, 2020
LAGOS, Nigeria â Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeriaâs northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of violence in the region.
Boko Haram jihadists today claimed responsibility for the abduction of more than 300 school children in Nigeria last week. I am Abubakar Shekau and our brothers are behind the kidnapping in Katsina, said the leader of the group that was also behind the 2014 abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in Chibok, in a voice message.
At least 333 pupils are still missing after more than a hundred militants stormed the all-boys Government Science Secondary School on Friday.
Shekau said the school was targeted to promote Islam and discourage un-Islamic practices as Western education is not the type of education permitted by Allah and his holy Prophet.
Nigeria: Nearly 700 Students Missing After Mass Kidnapping
14 Dec 2020
An estimated 668 students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school over the weekend in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state, the
Daily Trustreported Monday.
A large number of unidentified gunmen ambushed the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in Kankara late Friday night in a possible kidnap-for-ransom attempt. The militants arrived at the school on motorcycles, according to local police.
Katsina State Gov. Aminu Bello Masari said Sunday that just 333 students were missing following the incident. The Nigerian newspaper
Daily Trust said it studied the school register and interviewed school sources to determine that at least 668 students were still unaccounted for as of Monday.
Nigerian school children abductors contact govt Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina told President Buhari that discussions are ongoing on Tuesday while security agencies have located the position of the children. Picture: @EiENigeria/Twitter
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ABUJA, Nigeria - The abductors of hundreds of students from a secondary school in Katsina state, have made contacts with the Katsina state government.
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina told President Buhari that discussions are ongoing on Tuesday while security agencies have located the position of the children.
Details of the discussion with the bandits are yet to be revealed four days after over 300 school boys were abducted at a Government Science Secondary School in Kankara in Katsina State, North West Nigeria.
By Musa Baba Adamu
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