Heavily armed men have kidnapped more than 100 girls from a secondary school in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state and torched the surrounding town, a day after a deadly bombing in the African state’s capital.

No one claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s kidnapping, but fingers were pointed at fighters of the armed group Boko Haram, which means “Western education is forbidden”.

Some of the girls managed to escape from the back of an open lorry, other officials said.

Boko Haram has repeatedly attacked schools in the northeast during an insurgency that has killed thousands since 2009.

The fighters are known to be abducting girls to use as cooks and sex slaves.   »»» Armed men kidnap schoolgirls in Nigeria – Africa – Al Jazeera English

Boko Haram claims to be a Muslim group that wants to establish a Muslim state in the north of Nigeria. They act in ways that are condemned in the Qur’an and the Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

“Those who plot evils (to overthrow the established authority) will be in severe torment. And those plotting such evils will perish.” Qur’an 35:10.

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