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Boko Haram men abduct hundreds of school students in Nigeria
Published : 15 Dec 2020, 23:46
By Bola Olajuwon, EFE-EPA
Children orphaned by the Boko Haram insurgency line up at the Special Orphans Learning Center initiated and managed by the Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) North-East Children s Trust in Maiduguri, Nigeria, 26 July 2018. File Photo: EPA-EFE.
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.