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IS claims responsibility for Nigeria attack that killed 29 people
Authorities say the militants raided a football pitch where people had been gathering and opened fire at random. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.
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IS claims responsibility for Nigeria attack that killed 29 people
Gunmen have killed at least 29 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria's north-eastern Adamawa state, local officials say. The Islamic State group (IS) has claimed responsibility for the attack, without specifying its motive. Authorities and local residents say the militants raided a football pitch where people.
Gunmen kill at least 29 in Nigeria’s northeast Adamawa State
Armed men killed at least 29 people in Guyaku village in Nigeria’s Adamawa State, in an attack that lasted several hours and left property destroyed, officials said. “My heart breaks for the people of Guyaku,” Adamawa’s Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said in a post on social media as he visited the bereaved community.