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Gunmen have killed Church worshippers in Ondo state, south-west Nigeria with President Muhammad Buhari saying “only fiends from the nether region” could have done this “dastardly act”.
The armed men entered St Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo during Sunday Mass, 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.
No figures for the numbers killed or abducted in yesterday’s violence have been confirmed. END