Boko Haram claims responsibility for abduction of Nigerian pupils

Nigerian police say hundreds of students are missing after gunmen attacked the secondary school (Abdullatif Yusuf/AP)

Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadist rebels have claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of pupils in an attack on a boys’ school in northern Katsina state, according to a Nigerian online newspaper.

More than 330 children are missing from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara after gunmen with assault rifles attacked their school on Friday night.