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Reax As Boko Haram Claims Kidnap Of Nigerian Students
The Daily Nigerian said it received an audio message from Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claiming the abduction, although there has been no independent verification of its authenticity
Nigerians were on Tuesday still coming to terms with the news of the kidnap of hundreds of schoolboys in one of the largest such attacks in years.
Nigeria s Boko Haram jihadist rebels have claimed responsibility for the abduction of more than 330 students that are still missing from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, after gunmen with assault rifles attacked their school Friday night, although scores of others managed to escape.
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LAGOS, Nigeria Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria’s 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.
More than 330 students remain missing from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara after gunmen with assault rifles attacked their school Friday night, although scores of others managed to escape.
The government and the attackers are negotiating the fate of the boys, according to Garba Shehu, a spokesman for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria s 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.
More than 330 students remain missing from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara after gunmen with assault rifles attacked their school Friday night, although scores of others managed to escape.
The government and the attackers are negotiating the fate of the boys, according to Garba Shehu, a spokesman for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.
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