Boko Haram threatens to sell abducted schoolgirls after admitting to the kidnappings

The leader of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has threatened to sell the hundreds of school girls it kidnapped three weeks ago. In a video message Abubakar Shekau admitted Boko Haram had abducted the girls from a boarding school in Chibok. Around 230 pupils aged between 16 to 18 are missing. Shekau said he was instructed by God to take the young women and that they should be married and not in school. Boko Haram means "Western education is sinful." Meanwhile, the families of the kidnap... READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2014/05/05/boko-haram-threatens-to-sell-abducted-schoolgirls-after-group-admits-to-the- What is in the news today? Click to watch: http://eurone.ws/1kb2gOl euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://eurone.ws/10ZCK4a euronews is available in 14 languages: http://eurone.ws/17moBCU In English: Website: http://www.euronews.com/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/euronews Twitter: http://twitter.com/euronews Google+: http://google.com/+euronews VKontakte: http://vk.com/en.euronews