{"id":2604208,"date":"2026-05-18T19:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-islamists-kidnap-over-80-children-hours-after-another-strike-left-1-day-old-baby-7-christians-dead\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:37:19","slug":"alert-islamists-kidnap-over-80-children-hours-after-another-strike-left-1-day-old-baby-7-christians-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-islamists-kidnap-over-80-children-hours-after-another-strike-left-1-day-old-baby-7-christians-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert: Islamists Kidnap Over 80 Children Hours After Another Strike Left 1-Day-Old Baby, 7 Christians Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falert-islamists-kidnap-over-80-children-hours-after-another-strike-left-1-day-old-baby-7-christians-dead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2604208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nigerian Christians in multiple parts of Nigeria have been targeted in repeated attacks, including incidents at or near schools, leading to dozens of children being kidnapped or reported missing. over the past week, more than 80 children were reportedly taken, with one attack in northeastern Nigeria abducting 42 students and another involving two school attacks resulting in another 40 children being abducted.<\/p>\n<p>Officials and reports cited in the article attribute the kidnappings to Boko Haram and its affiliate, Islamic State West Africa Province. A Borno State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-plans-to-end-vaccination-requirements-for-health-care-workers\/\" title=\"U.K. Plans To End Vaccination Requirements For Health Care Workers\">deputy speaker<\/a> said one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-suspect-charged-with-hate-crime-in-nyc-subway-hammer-attack\/\" title=\"WATCH: Suspect Charged with Hate Crime in NYC Subway Hammer Attack\">attack occurred shortly<\/a> after troops left the village of Mussa, suggesting the attackers may have been monitoring troop movements. In a separate incident around Chibok, terrorists allegedly attacked multiple communities at once in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-rushes-to-defense-of-very-violent-criminals-rioting-attacking-guard-in-jail\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush Rushes To Defense Of \u2018Very Violent\u2019 Criminals Rioting, Attacking Guard In Jail\">early morning hours<\/a>, with local vigilantes and hunters trying to resist.<\/p>\n<p>The article also notes that many of the abducted children were very young (reported as mostly ages 2 to 5), and describes deaths and injuries among villagers, including a newborn infant reportedly among those affected.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Christians have come under attack in Nigeria with multiple waves of violence that have left dozens of children kidnapped and other Christians dead.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past week, a series of attacks has left over 80 children missing, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nigeria-school-kidnapping-4bedbd152d6c4bb86d9121a11fefaa6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One midweek attack in northeastern Nigeria resulted in the abduction of 42 children. On Friday, attacks on two schools left another 40 children abducted.<\/p>\n<p>Officials believe Boko Haram and a splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province, are responsible for the kidnappings.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s attack came not long after attacks on nearby Christian communities killed eight people, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/truthnigeria.com\/2026\/05\/40-schoolchildren-abducted-as-boko-haram-kills-eight-in-borno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth Nigeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly Abdullahi Askira said no sooner had troops left the village of Mussa than the terrorists moved in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I can confirm to you that some suspected terrorists riding on motorcycles invaded primary and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >junior secondary schools<\/a> in Mussa village this morning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInformation at my disposal was that many of the students fled into the bush, but I don\u2019t have details of those abducted yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also disheartening that the incident took place barely some few minutes after troops on patrol left the community; this signifies that the insurgents or the attackers were spying on the movement of troops before they struck,\u201d \u00a0he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Middle Belt Forum, Dr. Pogu Bitrus, said that in a separate attack, terrorists \u201ccrept into three communities around Chibok and started attacking them at the same time around 3 a.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach village vigilante group, including local hunters tried their best and even killed some of the Boko Haram terrorists \u2014 about five of them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur people who were killed or injured were those running in different directions due to panic and confusion and became easy targets for the terrorists,\u201d Bitrus said.<\/p>\n<p>He said one of the dead was an infant girl who was only 12 hours old.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Toddlers among more than 50 schoolchildren kidnapped in Nigeria <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FPim6g5kOi\">https:\/\/t.co\/FPim6g5kOi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCWorld\/status\/2055649597419073738?\">May 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mother is also under intensive care in a hospital in Chibok town due to grief and trauma,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty-three other villagers sustained various gunshot wounds, most of them being local guards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c202vrxlwqgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> reported that most of the children taken were between 2 and 5 years old.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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