Boko Haram claims abduction of hundreds of Nigerian school boys
Nigerian armed group Boko Haram claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the kidnapping of more than 300 students from a secondary school attacked last Friday in Katsina state, northwest Nigeria. "We are behind what happened in Katsina," Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in an audio message posted by the Nigerian news portal HumAngle. "What happened in Katsina was done to promote Islam and discourage non-Islamic practices, as Western education is not the kind of education allowed by Allah and His Holy Prophet," Shekau said. According to HumAngle, Boko Haram's announcement makes the abductio...
Source: africanews.com