Thankfully we can update this story that the children have been recovered safe and well following the horrific kidnapping.
Earlier, fear had gripped parents in the village of Kankara, northern Nigeria, who are waiting for news from their children who are among more than 330 people kidnapped by extremists at a public children’s school last week.
They were given hope when Katsina Governor Aminu Bello Masari said 17 children had been rescued since the attack, including 15 from the military, another from the police and a child who wandered around the forest brought in by residents. .
Jihadist Islamic terrorists from Boko Haram in Nigeria have taken responsibility for the kidnapping of students at the State Science College in Kankara. Hundreds of other students escaped by jumping over the fence during the extremists’ attack or fled when they were taken to the nearby forest.
Boko Haram kidnapped children out of school because they believe Western education is not Islamic, rebel leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video in which he assumed responsibility for the attack, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
The Nigerian government is in talks with the attackers to release the children, government spokesman Garba Shehu said in a statement. However, he did not identify the attackers, whom the government had previously labeled them as bandits.
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