Gunmen killed dozens of worshipers, including children, in a shooting at a Sunday church service in southwestern Nigeria, in the latest example of spiraling religious violence in Africa’s most populous nation
Gunmen killed dozens of worshipers including children in a shooting at a Sunday church service in southwestern Nigeria, in the latest example of spiraling religious violence in Africa’s most populous nation.
Government officials, law enforcement and witnesses said masked attackers walked into a Pentecost service at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Ondo state spraying bullets and detonating explosives. There was no official estimate of the death toll, but some local lawmakers said it could be higher than 50.
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