Nigeria Owo church attacked on Pentecost Sunday
MPs debate violence in Nigeria following church massacre on Pentecost Sunday, by Kelly Valencia, Premier:
Christian MP Fiona Bruce tabled an urgent question in the House of Commons to ask the government about their role in helping religious groups in Nigeria. “How does the Government’s partnership with Nigerian security forces and legal services support the apprehension of perpetrators and prevent increasing acts of impunity across Nigeria?”
In her response, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Vicky Ford condemned the “heinous” attack and stressed “the importance of those responsible being brought to justice in accordance with the law”.
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Pope, politicians mourn as police recover three unexploded IEDs, From The Guardian Nigeria:
“…some of the gunmen disguised as congregants, while other armed men who had positioned themselves around the church premises from different directions, fired into the church…”
“I received a call, my brother died” – video from BBC.
Gunmen kill Catholic worshippers in Ondo: BBC report
“The armed men entered St Francis Catholic church in the town of Owo and fired at the congregation during a service to mark the holiday of Pentecost, witnesses said….A doctor at a local hospital, quoted by the Reuters news agency, said that at least 50 bodies had been taken to two hospitals in the town.”
Nigerian Christians: Muslim extremists ‘hunting and killing us’ daily, by Ben Johnson, Washington Stand:
“…this latest slaughter — in the country’s relatively peaceful southwest — is sounding new alarms.”
Plea for action after 50 killed in church massacre on Pentecost Sunday, from Christian Today:
Christian religious freedom charity Open Doors is pleading with Nigerian authorities to “break the cycle of violence” in the country after 50 people were killed in a massacre at a church on Pentecost Sunday.
Why, for the UN, Is One Mosque Massacre So Much Worse than Countless Church Massacres? by Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute
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