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Nigeria Owo church attack: Gunmen kill Catholic worshippers in Ondo
Source: BBC
Nigeria Owo church attack: Gunmen kill Catholic worshippers in Ondo
5 June 2022
Gunmen have killed worshippers in a church in Ondo, south-west Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
He added that "only fiends from the nether region" could have done this.
The armed men entered St Francis Catholic church in the town of Owo during a Sunday service. They fired into the congregation and then kidnapped a priest as well as some other church-goers, witnesses said.
Nigeria has experienced an upsurge in violence in recent months.
Kidnappings and attacks have been reported across the vast country.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61697409