Nigeria: Boko Haram Claims Abduction of Hundreds of Schoolboys in North-West Nigeria
15 December 2020
The Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of more than 300 schoolboys in northwestern Nigeria, after their school was attacked last Friday.
At least 333 pupils from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School near rural Kankara town in Katsina state are still missing. Our brothers are behind the kidnapping in Katsina, said a voice message by a man claiming to be Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram.
While many Boko Haram attacks take place in and around the group s stronghold in northeastern Nigeria, this move shows an expansion of attacks to the other side of the country, hundreds of kilometres away.
Boko Haram se atribuye el ataque a una escuela en Nigeria por el que 300 estudiantes siguen desaparecidos elnacional.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from elnacional.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the students abducted by unknown gunmen from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, Osama Aminu Maale, has said that that 520 students of the school were abducted by the bandits last Friday.
The 18-year-old Maale disclosed this while narating how he escaped from his captors to newsmen on Sunday.
He said: “There were a total of 520 of us that were taken by the gunmen from the school.
“After they took us away we stopped inside the bus where they made the older students take a headcount. We counted 520.”
Boko Haram claims abduction of hundreds of schoolboys in north-west Nigeria
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At least 333 pupils from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School near rural Kankara town in Katsina state are still missing. Our brothers are behind the kidnapping in Katsina, said a voice message by a man claiming to be Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram.
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