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December 15, 2020

Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Mass Kidnapping of Schoolchildren
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In Nigeria, Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the mass
kidnapping of more than 300 students from a boarding school in the
northern state of Kankara. More than 100 gunmen on motorcycles raided
the rural all-boys school on Saturday, sending hundreds of students
fleeing into the surrounding forests. An audiotape of a Boko Haram
leader claims the raid was meant to discourage "Western education" in
Nigeria. 


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