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Boko Haram claims responsibility for kidnapping 300 boys from Nigerian school
In the past, captive children have been used as sex slaves, suicide bombers and child soldiers
Parents gather at the school in Kankara where gunmen abducted students
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Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of more than 300 students from a school in Nigeria’s northwest region, in a significant expansion of the terrorist group s reach across the country.
Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the group, said on Tuesday that his fighters were behind the attack during a four-minute audio message.
Armed jihadists on motorcycles stormed a secondary school in the city of Kankara in Nigeria’s northwest Katsina State on Friday.
Boko Haram leader says group kidnapped 300 boys from Nigeria school
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An advertisement against Boko Haram is seen on the back of a public bus in Lagos, Nigeria. The group said Tuesday it abducted 300 children from an all-boys school in Katsina State. File Photo by Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA
Dec. 15 (UPI) The leader of Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram said Tuesday his group was behind the abduction of more than 300 boys from a school in the northwestern part of the country last week.
The leader, Abubakar Shekau, said in an audio recording that Boko Haram was responsible for the abductions at the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, in Katsina State on Friday.
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