LAGOS (AP):
Anxiety is growing among the parents of hundreds of students who remain missing three days after gunmen attacked their school in Katsina state in northern Nigeria.
More than 300 students are missing after the attack on the Government Science Secondary School, a boys’ school in Kankara, on Friday night, Katsina Governor Aminu Masari said.
A joint rescue operation was launched on Saturday by Nigeria’s police, air force and army, according to the government. The military was in gunfights with the bandits after locating their hideout in the Zango/Paula forest on Saturday, according to a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Boko Haram says kidnapped hundreds of school students in NW Nigeria 1 minute read
By Bola Olajuwon
Lagos, Dec 15 (efe-epa).- Nigerian terror group Boko Haram on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of more than 300 high school students in Katsina State, in the country’s northwest.
Nigerian authorities are continuing operations to locate the pupils while anguish mounts for the parents.
“What happened in Katsina was done to promote Islam and discourage un-Islamic practices as Western education is not the type of education permitted by Allah and his Holy Prophet,” Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram said in an audio message published by HumAngle news.
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Why Rebel Group Boko Haram Attacked A School, Kidnapped Over 300 Boys
KEY POINTS
Boko Haram has said it s responsible for the kidnapping of over 300 boys in Northwest Nigeria
It s a continuation of their campaign to destroy education in the country and institute Sharia law
Nigeria s military says it s found the boys and is in negotiations for their safe release
Jihadist rebel group Boko Haram has taken responsibility for kidnapping hundreds of Nigerian boys from a scientific school as part of their crusade against Western education. The Nigerian government says it has already located the kidnappers’ hideout where the boys are held and is in negotiations for their release.
People gather inside the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Nigeria, Saturday Dec. 12, 2020. PHOTO: AP
By Emmanuel Okogba
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the kidnap of over 300 students from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State.
In a recorded 4 minutes 28 seconds audio released on Monday night December 14, Abubakar Shekau, said contrary to what is being reported, they are yet to make any demands.
HumAngle quotes Shekau as saying, “What happened in Katsina was done to promote Islam and discourage un-Islamic practices as Western education is not the type of education permitted by Allah and his Holy Prophet.