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2020-12-16T11:46:41.068Z


The leader of the terrorist organization said in an audiotape that "our brothers" are responsible for the attack on a school in the northwest of the country. A Western source said it was possible that the gang of robbers who abducted hundreds of students had transferred them to the jihadist Boko Haram in exchange for money or weapons. The organization is responsible for the abduction of hundreds of girls in 2014


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Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of boys in Nigeria

The leader of the terrorist organization said in an audiotape that "our brothers" are responsible for the attack on a school in the northwest of the country.

A Western source said it was possible that the gang of robbers who abducted hundreds of students had transferred them to the jihadist Boko Haram in exchange for money or weapons.

The organization is responsible for the abduction of hundreds of girls in 2014

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Tuesday, 15 December 2020, 18:20

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In video: Students go missing following an attack on a high school in Nigeria (Photo: Reuters)

The terrorist organization Boko Haram said today (Tuesday) that it is responsible for the abduction of hundreds of boys in the northwest of the country.

"Our brothers were behind the abduction in Katzina," the leader, Abubakar Shakao, said in an audio recording.

The organization is responsible for the abduction of 276 girls in the town of Chibok six years ago, in an affair that made headlines around the world.

One hundred of them are still missing.



The latest mass abduction took place on Friday night, when hundreds of gunmen stormed a middle school of boys in the town of Kankara, marching with more than 300 students to nearby forests.

The jihadist organization has recently expanded its activities to northwestern Nigeria from its strongholds in the northeast of the country.



However, it is unclear to what extent the organization accepted responsibility, which was lacking in details.

Local authorities have already said they have received ransom demands from a gang of robbers active in the area, who according to witnesses did indeed kidnap the boys.



A Western official operating in the fight against terrorism in the area It is possible that the robbers transferred some or all of the hostages to the extremist organization in exchange for money, weapons or other resources.

Across the Sahel area there are close ties between gangs, traders and Islamic terrorist organizations.



Some of the boys have managed to escape since the attack.

"We stayed in the woods from night till morning without shoes," Samato told him, who fled and arrived back in Kankara after 36 hours.

"Most of us had blood from our feet and there was nothing to eat. We both drank water with mud, and at one point, they left me behind and kept going, so I ran and came back alone."

Parents of abducted boys in school area, Tuesday (Photo: Reuters)

The attack provoked outrage in the poor and rural area.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Bohari, a native of Katsina, has condemned the "cowardly attack on innocent children".



Jamilo Issa, a resident of Kankara, said the town is in mourning.

"Our mothers are still everywhere, people are not happy. We feel the government has abandoned us. We just want our sons back," he said.



Kidnapping for ransomware has become common in the northwest of the country in recent years, including in ambushes on the roads as well as deadly robberies against cattle and food herds.

Towns close to forests in northwestern Nigeria and Niger are the most vulnerable to attacks.

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According to Amnesty International, 1,126 people were killed by gangs in Nigeria from January to June.

Although their activities involve a long line of crimes, the recent major armed attacks have been carried out on suspicion by the nomadic Poles.



The latest attack will increase pressure on the president, who has failed to eradicate terrorism and bring security to the region despite continuous military efforts to eliminate Boko Haram.

A leader, heard on tape released today, has been reported dead many times only to emerge later in life.



"The Bohari administration has not responded to this situation with the urgency, seriousness and sensitivity needed. There have been several different military operations, but clearly not all of them have been properly equipped, trained and funded," said Bulma Bucerti, a terrorism expert at the Tony Blair Institute.

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