A still image of the video released by Boko Haram
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17 students saved, 2 dead, another 300 still in the hands of Boko Haram
Nigeria, Boko Haram: we have kidnapped the students
Nigeria, over 300 students disappeared after school attack
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17 December 2020It is the British BBC, citing the Nigerian authorities, to spread the news of the release of the 344 Nigerian students kidnapped by Boko Haram last week.
According to statements by a spokesman for the governor of the state of Katsina, where the boys were taken, they would all be in good condition and about to go home.
None of the abductees were killed in what appears to be the first such attack in northwestern Nigeria.
"The kidnapped students of Kankara Government Science Secondary School are safe, the Katsina State Government confirmed the news," Bashir Ahmad, personal assistant to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, said on Twitter.
President @MBuhari while receiving a Phone Call from Katsina State Governor Rt. Hon.
Aminu Bello Masari briefing him of the rescue of the abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara.
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- Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) December 17, 2020
News shared partially by the France-Presse agency which, citing Nigerian security sources, makes it known that some of these boys have been detained by the terrorist organization.