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ISIS-Claimed Attack Kills 29, Nigerian Schoolkids Abducted

4/28/2026

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Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the Guyaku attack on Telegram.
It remains unclear whether Islamic State West Africa Province or the Lakurawa group carried out the attack.
The attack killed 29 people in Guyaku, Nigeria, prompting Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to visit and call it tragic and unacceptable.
Gunmen later raided the illegal Dahallukitab Group of Schools orphanage in Lokoja, abducting 23 pupils, of whom 15 were rescued.

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Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the Guyaku attack on Telegram.
It remains unclear whether Islamic State West Africa Province or the Lakurawa group carried out the attack.
The attack killed 29 people in Guyaku, Nigeria, prompting Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to visit and call it tragic and unacceptable.
Gunmen later raided the illegal Dahallukitab Group of Schools orphanage in Lokoja, abducting 23 pupils, of whom 15 were rescued.