Nigerian military rescues 344 kidnapped schoolboys
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Nigeria s military rescued 344 schoolboys who were kidnapped during an attack on a school in Katsina State last week. File Photo by Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA-EFE
Dec. 17 (UPI) More than 300 schoolboys who were kidnapped in northern Nigeria were rescued on Thursday, state officials said.
The Nigerian military rescued 344 of the boys who were kidnapped during an attack on the Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina state last week, according to Abdu Labaran, a spokesman for Katsina Gov. Aminu Bello Masari.
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Masari told CNN that children in a video released earlier Thursday that included the logo of the Boko Haram militant group were the same students who were kidnapped.
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