The boys were released from the forest in Katsina after an operation by security forces
17 December 2020 • 10:38pm
Security forces on Thursday rescued nearly 350 schoolboys who had been kidnapped by suspected Islamist gunmen in northern Nigeria and taken into a vast forest, the governor of Katsina state said.
The abduction last Friday night had been claimed by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in an unverified audio recording.
Gunmen raided the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara town, Katsina state, on motorbikes and carried off the boys in the biggest such incident in the lawless region in recent years.
Governor Aminu Bello Masari said in a televised interview with state channel NTA that a total of 344 boys held in the Rugu Forest in neighboring Zamfara state had been freed.
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2020-12-17 10:05:37 GMT2020-12-17 18:05:37(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LAGOS, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) Students kidnapped from a school in northern Nigeria were taken into a forest, local media reported on Thursday.
Quoting Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina state, reports said the kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School at Kankara area in Katsina state were alive and currently in a forest in a nearby state.
The governor said his government was negotiating with the kidnappers to secure the release of the abductees.
A group of gunmen on Friday night stormed the school and more than 300 students were still unaccounted for. Enditem
Publishing date: Dec 17, 2020 • December 17, 2020 • 3 minute read •
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KATSINA Security forces on Thursday rescued nearly 350 schoolboys who had been kidnapped by suspected Islamist gunmen in northern Nigeria and taken into a vast forest, the governor of Katsina state said.
The abduction last Friday night had been claimed by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in an unverified audio recording.
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Gunmen raided the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara town, Katsina state, on motorbikes and carried off the boys in the biggest such incident in the lawless region in recent years.