Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations has welcomed the release of 344 schoolboys forcibly taken away from their school in northwest Nigeria a week ago.
After the release of the boys, kidnapped by armed men from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara on 11 December, Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres called for the “
immediate and unconditional release of those who remain abducted”.
In a statement issued by his Deputy Spokesperson,
Farhan Haq, Mr. Guterres commended “
the swift action taken by the Nigerian authorities to rescue the children” while also stressing the importance that those children and their families are now “
provided with the necessary health and psychosocial support”.
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344 Nigerian Boys Kidnapped Last Week Rescued by Military
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The Nigerian military rescued the 344 boys who had been kidnapped last week during an attack on the Government Science Secondary School in Katsina. The rescue operation was conducted late Thursday by military forces.
Last Friday, over 100 gunmen on motorcycles had attacked the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, located in Katsina state. The school, which houses about 800 students, was ransacked. The schoolboys bolted for safety, but 344 of them were rounded up by the gunmen and led away.
It is now appearing that the kidnappers were not members of the Boko Haram terrorist group but bandits who operate in the area. The bandits apparently were masquerading themselves to appear as Boko Haram.
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